Show GALAMBA is CAPTURED t Important Town On Laguna de Bay Taken By Americans I 4 HARD WORK OF TROOPS t GALLANT ACT OF A CAPTAIN AND A LIEUTENANT LIEUTEAT Swam a River Under the Enemys Fire and Procured Boats Wit Which to Take the Soldier Across Filipinos With White Fags Do Much Shooting Mania July 2iAn expedition comprised com-prised cf troops from San Pedro Ma cat Paslg and Morong under BrIga dler General R H Hal yesterday captured cap-tured Calamba an Important tow 01 the south shore of Laguna de Bay alter two hour of sharp fighting during which four soldier were killed and twelve wounded The trenches commanding com-manding the harbor were under water but the swamplness of the land made the work harder The troops boarded cascoes Tuesday night The force comprise 400 of the Washington volunteers 450 of the Twentyfrst infantry 150 oC the Fourth cavalry and two guns of the First artillery ar-tillery These and the gunboats Lapl dan and Costo assembled opposite Ca lamb Crowds of people In carts and on foot were seen rushing to the his Natives escaping from Calamba In canoes ca-noes said a hundred Insurgent held the town A force under Captain McGrath of I the Twentfrst Infantry and Captain Eltenherd landed east of the town but found a river intervening Captain lcGrth and Lieutenant Balon swam the river under a fire from twenty lauslr riles Having crossed the stream the ofcers procured 3 casco to ferry the troops over The insurgent retreated through the town shooting from houses and bushe as the fed to the his Three member mem-ber or the Washington regiment waded from cascoes through swamps often shoulder deep while a group of Filipinos Filipi-nos concealed In haystacks were shooting shoot-ing at them until the Kapldln focussed her Ixnounders and Gating guns on the stacks for a few minutes Most of the work was done before the Washington Washing-ton volunteers could reach the town The Filipinos left three dead OC the casualties on the American sIde two of the killed and three of the wounded were member of the Fourth cavalry and two Idled and eight wounded belonged be-longed to the Twenhfrst Ilfant Treachery of Filipinos There was much shooting by Filipinos who emerged from the bushes with white flags After the fIghting a dozen men holding up their hands and shouting shout-ing Castlanos met the American cavalry Even Spanish soldiers embraced em-braced the Americans hysterically There were fifty Spanish prIsoner at Calamba of whom some were civil of cals and some were soldiers They had been given the choice of joining the Filipino army or becoming servants and they chose the army Intending to surrender to the Americans at the first opportunIty Most of the civilians cvians reached the American lines during the fighting but the Insurgents took others away with them In their retreat Gen pml Han captured twelve Filipinos with guns Iajor Henry W Lawton Professor Dean C Worcester of the American Philippines commission Mrs General Lawton and General Lawtons son accompanied ac-companied the expedition on board a launch and sat coolly In an unprotected unprotect-ed boat close to time shore during the fighting the bullets splashing about them Today General Hal brought to Manila Ma-nila the Spaniards whom the expedition hd released Crnn captivity of more than a Year Lieutenant Larson commanding com-manding the Napldan today found along a-long missing Spanish gunboat whleh had been so covered with bushes and fish nets as not to resemble a vessel The Filipinos having met reinforce ments and thinking that the Americans had evacuated the town descended the his today Intending to reoccupy Cal lamba Ca-l General Hall easily drove them hack General Hal will leave a garrison gar-rison at Calamba Washington July 27alamba is a town on Lagunda de Bay about thirty miles southpast of Manila I Is much Carther south than the Unied States troops have yet penetrated on land I Is In the province of Laguna I has a population of 1476 and Is twenty seven miles from Santa Cruz on the eastern shore of the bay Its capture Is not considered of am stratesic l Importance except ao a par of the plan to harass and worry the insrg eats |