Evening star., 1900-05-25

| onel Howe of the 34th in a spirited
| charge. closed the fighting. which mad con-
| tinued until long after DARK. o,,.1r,
On the following morning the &c. ."ai y
which had withdrawn during the nlsht anu
| encamped in the valley returned On .i.e
| main road to Vigan, accompanled py Gen.
Young Hare and Howe We're dlrectea "
! follow Tinio and prevent MN eiiioai a. d i;f
Mai March's column and to force the reiiei
of all prisoners. They captured San Q'lh
| tan and forced the evacuation OF iiiG I1oea ue
| lenses in Abra canon. On the 6th ooi. ilahe ,.
cut across to San Jose by an eXtraoIot,
narilv rand march. and effectually blocked
anv insurgent forces going south by the
onnon of The Abra Howe pushed into
Rangued and thence to Dolores anu iishe
heinr relieved of all apprehension apoul
March turned north in support OF howe.
| The report of Maj. March of his gallant
and successful fight with the lnsursene
| forces under command OF Hefi- Htesi Es ip p;Hn
Pillar in the Tila Pass, in which Gen. flaf
was killed and his forces routed, mas peeh
previously published
In Pursuit of the Prisoners.
Native couriers arrived at Nlgah "i'h
dispatches from Wilder, who mad fea2heu
! Ccncepcion, and Spanish prisoners reported
| Tinio with 200 men and American anu anu
| SPANISH prisoners retreating up tne Apr1
river toward Lepanto; feieaHeo ;SI. 81 etan 1inan
| nrisoners were assembling rapldly al Nisai
and Iaog, and on December large num-
| ber were shipped to Manila on the ReI1el.
| In the meantime, Coils Hare and lowe
| were in hot pursuit of Tinio and ms prison.
ers who used every device he was capao'e
of to mislead the troops ana cover me ..t llaii
| of the prisoners, who had been sent OF win
| a force of two officers ana loo men as
srecial guard At this Juncture Lieut..
Hayes of Gen. Youngs staff received the
| surrender of Maj. Natividad, from whom
much valuable information was obtained.
Leaving Capt. ROLLS with elgh,y M nuu.nods uands
and shoeless men from the two commahus
TO guard the mouth of the canon against
| the forces of Tinio and Nat1vidaq; tnose
two iron-nerved officers-Hare ana Ho"ze-
who had consolidated their forces OF equal-
| Iv da ring men pushed on with fierce deter,
mination to overtake the prisoners ana
| their guard
American Prisoners Rescued.
There is sufficient evidence to show that
| Tinio had given orders that prisoners 1ali-
| ing out from exhaustion should be pay
| oneted. From time to time unmistakapie
evidence Of the presence OF the prisoners
was found along the trail and acted as an
| additional incentive to both officers and
men to redouble their efforts 10 oTer,ahe ,,t q
their unfortunate countrymen. ABOUT
| pm. on the 10th a signal from the advance
guard warned them that they were IN the
| presence of possible enemy. reconnals
| sance developed a party OF insurgents anu
| In the rush five of their number were
| killed and ten taken prisoners with TINS
| detachment were Mcdonald, Fitzgerald ana
| Farley American PRISONERS, WIN "ei
cantnred. Lieutenant Gilmore had left
the place with the rest Of the prisoners prisoners
| early that morning. but when overtaken
the following day, the 18th, had been aban-
doned by his guard. who had learned OF the
proximity of the pursuing forces.
On the 18th of December General Com
| cepcion and staff. consisting of five officers
| and six enlisted men, were captured by
| Major March On January l Aguinaldo's
wife and sister. two sisters of Colonel Ley.
ba. wife Of Colonel Sityar. the wife of
lieutenant Cristobal, Colonel Sityar, Lieu
tenant Colonel Paez, three officers of lesser
| rank and ten or twelve servants. all be-
longing to the retinue Of Aguinaldo, were
| sent in by March.
| lieutenant Castner, with his detachment
| of Loves scouts, marched on Bayombong,
| where he found Second Lieutenant Munro
| of the 4th Cavalry. in command of small
| detachment. negotiating for the surrender
| of the place. Lieutenant Castner gener-
| ously deferred to Lieutenant Munro and
| allowed him to receive the surrender of
| General Canon, his aids and the forces
| garrisonng the town. In this connection
| It may be stated that the march of Lieu
| tenant Cashiers detachment, covering
period from November 10 to December a.