The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-11-19
SITUATION In PHILIPPINES
TIE FIRST UNCENSURED C1BLE-
GRAM SINCE THE VAR.
Increase In Rebel and American ACTIVITY
the Lnst yyeels-Many Skirmfshes ana
Several Small Engagements-u United
states Troops Undertake Series or
Aggressive Movements.

Manila, Nov 1S-First uncensored
cablegram since the American occupa-
tion) Last week witnessed very
considerable increase in rebel and
American activity in the field, Many
skirmishes occurred and several small
engagements in Northern and Southern
I,uzon. The termination of the rains
permits a resumption of operations on
both sides
The Americans are undertaking se-
ries of aggressive movements against
the insurgents, notably upon the Island
of Samar, against General Lukban
whose forces hold the entire island
with the exception of three coast towns
each of which is garrisoned by two
companies Of the Twenty-ninth infan-
| try and platoon OF artillery
! The rebels are continually shooting
into the garrisoned towns, and our
forces have not been sufficient to retail
late effectively. Commerce in Samar
has been at a standstill, and most of
the influential inhabitants have depart
ed. General Hare has arrive there with
25O men. He will bring eight compan-
les of the Second Infantry from the
Island of Martinique, as they may be
needed and will proceed energetically to
crush General Lukban. Meanwhile
United States gunboats will patrol the
coast to prevent the escape of the in
surgent leaders. Lullban still holds
three members of the Forty-third regi-
ment prisoners.
ha ii r,bi pf M n In,
Devereaux Shields of Co. #, Twenty
ninth volunteer infantry, lost last Sep
ttmber in Martinique at the time of the
capture, have not yet been recovered
from the Fiipinos. All the Martinique
garrison are being continued.
The Fourteenth infantry, which re-
Gently arrived from China, will relieve
the Twenty infantry from Manila,
and the Twenty-first will relieve the
Thirty-eighth infantry from Southern
Luzon, the Thirty-eighth infantry pro-
ceeding to the island of Panay to rein
force the troops there.
The Twenty infantry will re-
inforce the garrison in the island of
Mindanao, particularly at Kagayen,
where an armed truce between the reb-
els and the Americans existed for
months past.
Gen. Wheaton, commanding the de-
partment of Northern Luzon, is sending
renforcements to General Yuung's
provinces, where the natives, under
Generals Atinio and Aglipay, the ex-
communicated Filipino priest are show
ing signs Of restlessness desertng the
domiciles they have occupied dur
ing the rainy season and joining under
compulsion or fear the insurgents in
the mountains.
Notable among the weeks engage
ments was General Grants advance
with Maccabee and American scouts,
upon a rebel stronghold thirty-fve
miles north of Manila, which was de-
Tended by 200 insurgents armed with
rifles. After slzirmishing and fighting
for the greater part of a day and night,
the enemy was dislodged from the
fastness, and immense guam
titles of rice and stores. with consider
able ammunition were destroyed Fifty
Filipinos were killed and many others
wounded. The insurgents carried off
their dead. The American losses were /
eleven privates and one officer wound
ed, and one Maccabee killed.
Lieutenant Frederick W. Alstaeter of |
the engineers, who was captured by the
Insurgents in LuAon last September,
has sent, with the permission of his
eaptors a letter to Manila asking for
food, money and clothing which will be
forwarded to him by a native runner.
His health is broken and his release
General Macarthur has gone to Su
zig bay with Admiral Remey on the
United States cruiser Brooklyn for the
purpose of examining the locality. 1t
$ probable that 1S00 garrison, now in
Philippine waters, will be used to re-
ieve certain army posts, rendering the !
elieved soldier available for other and
more urgent duties 1t is understood
hat General Macarthur is considering
he question of establishing more ma
ines in the vicinity of Subg. He is ex-
,ected to return here tomorrow. 4,