Show REBEL LINES BROKEN heavy engagement takes place north of manila WILL CONTINUE AGAIN TODAY american c an disunities dis unities ties are twenty five aerie Cral killed d 0 one n handled and thirty five wounded the righting fighting was heavy near otis and halo hale brigades camped six miles east of polo utah battery under gibbs holds the extreme lett left washington ton arceli T larch ar cli 25 5 to 0 o the war depal department intent today state that it heavy occurred today between tho Anier leun and insurgent fteres noltie ot of twelve thousand insurgents N were ere in line with a akrc rc force orco ot of 1900 late lain tonight the war department made public dubbe ilia following dispatch from gen off auf Als manila nila march SS 25 Perfected north nort a movement not yet yd completed gens otiss all and hales fir brigades brigade I 1 S with mounted troops cavalry tile hie nil tin bine fling co column lartin met with nith heay jesia tAnce mer diall I 1 cult u it cou ritty and are arc camped tonight s six 1 x malpa earl ot or polo and six fl miles al not t it of line no fj aiom riom am v hit it advis lice was waa taken ken up tip Wheat ons brig brigada adv at vaa lofcan tire aroc a enet u y one and IL hidir I 1 lilies I 1 orth across iler her hill lorill on a es arcine fight encountered force and touted it righting fighting heavy nar n ar tr Calo continues in ilia on our casualties about five killed inerny lost lit III ka hilled lied alone 00 OTIS ADVANCE BEGUN manila march llarch 25 p ni m ehab orate li reparations preparation ts were made for tho the movement gen Wheat ona ws aas as placed fit the iho rear and gen harrlson gifty otis oils and gen halls well massed behind uen gen hales under ilia c cover 0 vcr ot of darkness gen gel oafs 4 a and ild go gen hales brigades left their ti It enches and advanced close I 1 upon pon lie hie line inthout brine being detected uen Wheat ons and gen clalla bri gados the vacated at 1 4 tho ilia Amet american ican troops breakfasted and file filipinos I noticing the camp campfires fires their buggers buglers called to arms arma REBEL nebel LINES CUT IN TWO at daylight gen ottea otiss and gen halls halla brigades balb acca advanced from laloma chinch through the rebel imps inias cutting the enemy foice lit hi two upon tills ills occasion the iho adopted that bielli li elli elf q iti holding lenir fire until tho ilia attackers acre about I IW W maids distant dl stant the th ilso dlo filed longer than usual ilia americium americans fired bollei A lilt ith tvr tr effect and then rushed forward choei alk cilny ing and carr earning ing everything be role them once through gon mac lilac arthurs anas swung through the alie line ill iving the ilia debels aay an ay on oil all sides WHEATON IN 14 gen Wheat ons brigado brigade in so accordance card with instructions remal nod lit in tile tho trenches before joining in tho the ment at noon gen Wheat ong troops developed a strong opposition between IJ alabon and the river Tali glian ghan tile the brigades commanded hy by gens gans Hilin sou geay oils aud and gen halo hale advanced on oil and polo strongly In trenched to towns kiis in ili the gen hillh brig ado swept slept hie lie country clear to the water works and the fool illas and Sin gAlon capturing san feancisco Fian I cisco del monte and Mar mariquita mariquina iquina utan B BATTERY ON kift p in lato in tile tho allot afternoon noon lie ho montana Alon tana regiment and the thad nr ar tillery had crossed the ilia Tali ghan chor lhor go going 1111 ID a 1101 ly in callon toward roin polo and gen an Ila cArthur lilt the remainder of oen gen otiss oliss ond and gen can brigades moving along south of tho the river lit a INO position to attack either no Noal cheb or polo 1 being 0 within tuo miles of Nova liches cs and live miles flom polo agn hulls halls bi agado moved to balac protecting gen halos hales right apfl meeting strong tho the of dickon egon regiment and pa part rt of tho the utah battery tinder gibbs hold tile the extreme left UNDER A G GALLING N NG FIRE R E the iila it lt L t to rala bon bended tile the moat most tre avero attacks including a cross crons ilie alitt f from out the ansur ants mussed at Al alabon tit the Alon montana tana near galinta no camo came upon a blockhouse 1 aa 89 1 a leper hospital across tho the river alter marching throda th roiA igil the lite jungle four nien men acre cre killed and seventeen sevc nu wounded gen macarthurs MacArthur Mac Arthurs 3 artillery was hampered by the thickness of 0 tho the jungle gen cal Arac Arthurs and gen all halos staffs more under a galling hrc and upon one occasion au all of oc tho ilia oni cere mcle fiting tho the generals LIS ilia mounted being oNet come by the iho alent there mero adny duling tho the day tho the aran lean loss is now conservatively estimated at sixteen killed awl and wounded tho the loss of oc the ene enemy tilly was hean hea I 1 ter than during any p previous c N IOUs engagement POSITION OF THE TROOPS pen picture of the theater or of operations around manila washington Wali ington 9 march 35 25 maj alaj simp eon chief of the ilia bureau of military information was buy busy during the lite daiy diy taking fragmentary of ih movements liero here and there of battat lons ions and brigades and so HO them item 1 am ii tu to gie ghe on the mull a eon i dete pic tine or of theater of apoi aliens As explained the ho held field of action Is asi as follows hack back of manila at a distance of 0 about bevell milas front from tho ilia wacer front fron t 5 1 pit a groat great aenid ciralo ol of ampil airlift cu can it troops this are arc ts IS about twenty miles lung and embraces embrace tf 1000 inan JL is if cut maday by tile iho pifa I 1 which forms a natural tia tural nill military 1117 1 il I slon to tile youth bouth ilia are arc I Is ii i under the command of oc gen lawton 1 alun i just arrived in the philippines until now nov this lias has been the field ot of I 1 activity fly M with ith hying column heating hearing tacit back the insurgents lut today batons la clous tons role foice ilia aio J aull and till the scano beciri ot of activity Is i gilted to tile til ili inith 1 ill of the hole heie the partial caiti il eili illde of 0 american forces flank tile the ANK u leniord leni tero ork wound mound the iha buy bay maj geil 7 Is lit in command of till all tile the troops bolth noi hi or of tile tho i liver ivor and ebebe atit am loughey tin t r d between 1 11 1 iwa oil and men the others liters lit being ing 1 I lilt la lj aton ton on oil the south macarthurs MAC ARTHURS forces before tho the fiction acmon began this morning alac 1 athars forces wall divided turn three tareo maln main li odle far 1 ir to the right near MW the water waterworks works was hales lit angal far to tile left a bout about caloo can were ere the iho brigades ot of harrison gray otla otis and ot of wheaton Wh ato tile the utter latter having been beef drawn front froni Law lawtonw lawtons tons forces on the ilia south beulh in order to air strengthen 0 agthen MacArt macarthurs Mac Arthurs burs command for 1 his operation between tho the to was lite iho bil glide of 0 hale hold as aa a sort of 0 reserve to demon demonstrator strato but not nol to 10 attack POSITION OF UTAH MEN AMEN halos hales ha hilgrade hil gade as shoun 0 on il tile the mil italy map was made up 0 of r the thud nebraska dirt south dakota first Wyon wyoming ling finst colorado and battery 31 of 0 tho the utah Il norr arrigon lgon gray cray otiss command on the lt left l t was wa made mada up ot of tho the Tuen ali kansas flit montana tenth pennsylvania a t of oc the tanty infantry ay and bu riot y A of thu the utah artillery th those se hrc are the troops with will t the ile additional boreo of alons ons and sonio some recent aril vals possibly not yet report edu ed u which aich havo have the ill bounlot of tho the action today with this of the iho foice foce aa maj simpson took MO fl official dispatch of gen 00 otla and tho the morr more defiled reports bi ought brought by ilia hie d pless aud point Pil out cut tho the probable pro bablo line hue of action today LINN LINE 0 OF F ACTION it began beean with moving rapidly eidly to ches passing ra llio abe insurgent igent forces on the left I 1 on oil rea reaching c b 11 vs tur turned ed sharply to the west intending Intend lne to make a forced march ot of about be seven n miles to pelo felo ghen is aa polo iulo in als ill patches pat chert by tills this movement ml lacar ae thurs thura forces are cairned of the gent base of operations tills this bhae is tit nt makahon Ma lahon midway between mac ilac arthurs arthura forces force at polo and the combined forces of na irison gray and vh eiton at Culo thus the rebels tile aio flanked and between jo to sarong bodies ot of american troops to ill tho the west of thim thern la ito bay cutting oft air retreat in that direction ami to the cast tile tho or of hall or hale 0 aa pol cl by gen aro are on oil page 1 REBEL BEBEL LINES BROKEN continued from rb rage L 1 I 1 demon demonstrating la its order to forbid a an r insurgent toward the vast east BETWEEN TWO tima FIRES RES they are thus thug hat between the two mall main bodies of american troops and must engage either one or tho the other ot of them it Is 14 gen purpose ni n i a shown by hit dispatch to have the iho brigades of wheaton toward thone home I 1 0 of macarthur MAC Arlhur thus gradually inclosing the rebels between two tiro parallel lines until they are arc either crushed or made pris prisoners the two opposing forces appear to be b rather evenly matched la in point ot of num be bearfi tho the estimate estl mat ot of iho Ameil Ameri caa carL forces north of 0 the river being while gen otis places the insurgents ILL at about maj AW gen otla otis Is in la in supreme command directing the operas opera alons from a central telegraph station Bt atlon th thi 0 LC actual field trio I 1 IX aro r 0 being executed by maj alaj gen macarthur who Is in in person pt reon leading the brigade in its decisive move more to flank and surround the rebel forces arces TWENTYSIX TWENTY SIX DEAD one hundred and fifty wounded in latest estimate american loss manila march 26 a m twe n ty six dead and wounded in a hospital is the latest statement of 0 the american losses looses in the engagement with tho the filipinos lighting fighting furnished a ape ic men ot oc the difficulties with which the americans americana lime have to contend the fill fall pinos never except at malabon alabon Sl permitted their opponents to get within several hundred yards ot of them they would fire a few ew volleys from their cover and ther then scuttle bade back to another cover repeating these tactics for miles many of 0 the trenches had sullies gullies and connecting paths through the cane and brush enabling them to retreat unseen see n the problem the americans americana have to f face a ce Is to drive or lure the in insurgents gur gents to fight in force the trenches seem manned maii nol except ja in the vicinity of 0 Ata malabon lalion the americans fighting a hidden toe foe suffered greater loss in proportion than did the tha enemy the loss of 0 the fill cincis bad formerly been estl estimated mated 1 from the number of 0 bodies found foun d scattered in the swamp and through h the brush A larger percentage of tile the wounded died than ol of the americans many ot of them perishing from neglect the americ americans ins ru naturally a attending their onan men first the wounded after treatment in the field hospitals were brought to t the b hospital by train several trips we were r e it made I 1 atle from Calo to the city the first load to start tor for the city was composed largely of bandaged soldiers NN lie ho shouted give them hell boys the gunboat I helena felena and two army boats command 31 Ma laboc but the authorities thorit ties les desire to avoid smashing sm ashine the town where therl there Is much valuable prope property ir ty belonging to foreigners and m i here tire are located warehouses of moat 0 f the manila bring CROSSED THE RUBICON gen harrlson harrison otis routs rebels atter desperate contest los angeles cal march 23 25 the following f I 1 cablegrams cable grams sent today from siai its min by halg gon lr ir G otis to the los angeles times touching upon engagement cnora gement are sell self explanatory Wa manila tilla march larch 25 3 6 05 a rn to the times los angeles my brigade has pierced the country after a brilliant advancement and severe on cn ga gement the rebels u vere ere steadily pressed bade back all along aloia the line the battle Is IR still in progress qs four brigades are engaged the enemy is vainly attempting to make a stand at al Tall ghan river strong OTIS brigadier gellerup 11 kailla Kan lla march 25 1045 a in to the times los angeles angelea Ci crossed ossed the rubicon OTIS I 1 kentuckian AMONG INJURED grandson of henry clay wounded in the tha engagement friday lexington ky ICY march 25 capt ch charles ties D clay seventeenth regiment iv aas as one of the wounded yesterday in the philippines lie cis Is ason a son of 0 james clay of this county anil and therefore 0 a grandson brandson of henry clay ile ho went with etli his regiment clment ref to cuba and fought under gen lanton law ton Hla Ills Colonel IIa was killed by ilia his side and clay was pro more d to in Capt captain airl for gallantry eil lantry in ike ic tion lion lie ile went to manila on oil tile the grant A cable mc mease age from ill him to his mother says lie he Is not seriously m hurt SPANIARDS P predict rAI FAILURE LURE insist the war will rage as lo 10 long 13 g as rebels desire it Bl madrid adrid march 25 spanish officers acquainted 1 I with alvith the philippine islands continue to predict the failure of maj ren nen otiss oll campaign notwithstanding tho the american success they say aay that while iho he americans will undoubtedly win mn all the battles they will lose the campaign inq itself elf 0 oln ing to the aptitude of the Tosa Taga logs to conduct a war or of surprises und and ambuscades ambus cades Ilu malolos lolos the capital of the ho rebel 00 government v ern ment they ad add d will fall into tho the hands of the americans ans iut but the spaniards insist tile the war A will ill rage ab lung long as a a tile tho la desire it th the correspondent at inella Inn lla of t the be corr cla alleges that within six lays days from the reopening of hostilities the americans lost 1000 men arid and that several voral companies of troops avii into the hands ot of the insurgents delayed cablegram from otis 11 ashington M ach 25 the follow I 1 in n 1 belated dispatch reached the war this morning manila march 21 adjutant gene general ral clis chiy bulot pro no indications of oc excited nt fighting ting far beyond elev limit firing cannot bo be heard old hattle lines ln our ur city ally maintained and city connot bo be safe athly y 3 uncovered OTIS colorado officer killed pueblo colo larch ki 25 A cablegram from marula manila received here today loday announces that capt charles B stuart ot of company 13 first birst colorado volunteers waa killed la in the battle mith w ath the tha insurgents kansas captain wounded leavenworth karl kan march alarca 25 capt cadt adna G clarke company 11 twentieth kansas regiment ent was wounded through tile the shoulder in right at marlim manila according to it a cablegram re hero here the wound wasi was severe but not serious clarke clarice Is a graduate of tile iho kansas university la Is IL a member of the hie bar and avias wa deputy district clet it m when hell he volu volunteered steered ite ered |