Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-06-02

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| Major Allen 81 the Forty.third infantry,
/ scouting from Cathalogan, island Of Sa-
| mar May .. drove purity Of insurgents
/ from the valleys. Four Americans were
| killed. including Lieutenant w. IL. Evans.
who was killed while calamity leading a
/ charge against the intrenehments. Elev-
/ en- of the enemy were killed and four
wounded
The town of Catcrman. island of Sa-
mar. was attacked ut midnight April 80
/ by 1000 rebels, who ntrenehed them
| selves near the town over night. Captain
John Cooke of the Forty-third regiment
! fought the Filipinos for six hours and
| afterward buried $50 Of the enemy. One
American was killed and one was wound
ed.
| The hamlet of PAWN, in the province
! of Laguna. island of Luzon, the head
! quarters of General Cables, was sur
rounded May PC by three detachments of
the Forty regiment, Thirty-sev-
| enth regiment and Eleventh cavalry. On
| ly few of the enemy were encountered,
| Cables having departed the day before.
PAWN. which was manifestly a rebel
stronghold. was burned to the ground
Captain Nordon's scouts and two com
panies of the Eighteenth regiment. while
| scouting May IL in western Panay, SUR
prised number of the enemy near Val
! derama aud killed IS of them. There
were no casualties among the Americans,
but some Of them suffered from sun
| stroke.
! The official reports announce scouting
and small engagements in Panny and Ce-
bu islands and Tayahas, Laguna, Fam.
bales, Benguet and Pangasinan provinces.
resulting in II of the enemy being killed
and many wounded. The Americans also
captured GO rifles. "A Nordenfeldt gun and
supplies of ammunition and destroyed a
powder factory.
A rebel major who surrendered at lis
cum last week has been persuading 9th
ers to follow his example Yesterday he
effected the surrender Of 46 men with 30
rifles at Tarlac and hopes to influence
more Of his countrymen 20 do the same.
Tuesday night the insurgents rushed
San Miguel de Mayumo, Luzon, gar
| risoned by three companies OF the Thirty
fifth volunteer infantry. They swept
! through the town, shooting right aud
| left. killing five Americans and wound
| ing seven. Captain Charles y. Roberts
and two privatcs are missing. No Fill
! Pine dead were discovered.
| Major March's van of the Thirty third
regiment has arrived at APART, Luzon,
from Benguet after the hardest Of noun
tain travelling. The men were exhausted
and ragged having followed persistently
on the supposed Aguinaldo trail. They
had several encounters with the rebels,
but found no signs of Aguinaldo.
Lieutenant .Iens Il. Stedje Of Company
l., Forty-seventh volunteers, while scout
ing in the southern part of Albay prov
ince, had several engagements with the
insurgents, in which II of the enemy
were killed and 3D. including a captain,
were captured.
Six explosive bombs and valuable in
surgent documents also fell into the
| hands OF the Americans.
The scouts burned the town OF Yubi,
the headquarters of the rebels. Sergeant
Bricke was killed during a slight en-
gagement near Figaro, province of AL
bay, yesterday.
Scouts OF the Thirty-sixth and Thirty
fourth regiments have captured 322 rifles
and 500 rounds of ammunition in the
Pangasinan province.