| Show I UTAH BATTERIES ARE AWAY TO THE E fRONT I ii I I I PLAYING HAVOC WITH THE FILIPINO REBELS I J Our Volunteers Occupy An Advanced Post Ten 1 Miles From Base of Supplies I I I I Boys Regard the Campaign As a PicnicAguinaldo Wants to QuitSeven Thousand Rebels Entrenched Manila P L Feb 8General Hales brigade consisting of the First South Dakota infantry First Colorado infantry and First Nebraska infantry infan-try supported by a battery of Utah light artillery occupied the most advanced ad-vanced post in the American line fully ten miles from the base of supplies It has an almost perfect position Four guns of the Utah artillery stationed on a hill behind the waterworks water-works command the valley to the right and left and the foothills in front L Two companies of the Colorados support the Twentythird infantry which Is encamped at the reservoir three miles to the rear Outposts line the ridge overlooking the valley while a sandbag entrenchment with gun emplacements fronts the river Yesterday the Utalis dropped shells into the villages across the river The natives disappeared among the hills the main body retiring to the right and c the others scattering Subsequently the Americans reconnoitered and found the village of San I Pedro completely deserted They did not burn it and today the villagers returned re-turned in small parties bearing bamboos to which white flags were fastened I fasten-ed They kept however out of range Later signal fires were lighted along the ridge on the other side of the valley The American trooDS are in excellent spirits and appear to regard their experiences as a picnic rather than a stern reality One burly Coloradoan who was discussing the capture of the waterworks said it reminded him of a rabbit drive on the Colorado alains + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + r + + + + + + + + + 1 + + + + + + LjL + + + + + + + + k + + 1 + + + t 1 t + + + + t l I + t 1 I 4 4 r t + + + I + 1 + + + + I L + + ii 4 + t 4 + J + + t + + ¼ + + + + + + + t + + i + + 4 t + + 1 I I fV i + I + r j 4 t L j t + + i + I + ir + + + + I ii + + I + I + GENERAL PIO PILAU + Rival of Aguinaldo and According to General Merritt the Most Dan + i gerous of the Insurgent Leaders + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + |
