Show EN TRAPPING AGUINALDO troops sent to prevent lilt ilia escape NO ward manila NOT nor 7 A fleet of 0 transports tran port and gunboats gun boats hits has left manila for the most important expedition of the autumn campaign its designation deign atlon is supposed to be daguman Dag or some borne other northern point general wheaton commands with a brigade consisting of the thirteenth infant rythe thirty shirly abird infantry two guns of the sixth artillery and two cathings Cat Gat lings the transports sheridan francisco de reyes and aztec carry the troops with the gunboat helena as escort A dispatch boat was sent abe ahead ad to arrange a rendezvous with the unit united ed blatus cruiser charleston and to the warships that are patrolling the northern coast of luzon it is assumed here that the purpose of the expedition is to move down the daguman manila railroad toward tar lac in order to prevent Aguin aldos forces from making another base farther north daguman and are the strongholds strong holds of the insurgents in the north it has been the unanimous opinion of military experts that daguman should be made a a b base a s e 0 of f 0 operations p er a ti 0 n s b but ut sufficient ica atle bs auf n t troops ro 0 p s li have t r e li heretofore e r e to fo re been n lacking with generals wheaton lonsac macarthur and lawton moving on harlac from three directions and the mountains hemming in the other side the insurgents capital will soon become untenable aguinaldo may attempt to shift his big headquarters to the rich tobacco country at the northern end of the island it will be difficult for the insurgents to t escape should the scheduled operations succeed organized insurrection on a large scale should be at an eod end early next spring although guerrilla warfare is likely to continue for a long time no one anticipates that the insurgents will make many b hard ard battles |