| Show bi al A taff B abc H 8 T r IWA tutt tora A AN HR b I 1 IN U T ANDO 0 gen macarthur moving north toward I 1 angeles encounters a force of filipinos and routs them attack was opened at 5 0 clock wednesday mo morning rn rebels were well protected by trenches and seemed to have plenty of ammunition but finally retreated manila aug 9 p rn details detail of gen macarthurs Mac Arthurs advance beyond san fernando showed that the americans covered live five miles the first live anve hours and at 2 had find advanced six alx miles along alone the railway stretching on each side of it for two miles and resting at night three miles from rom angelel Ange lei leq wh which eh will be made tho the northern base of operations erat ions instead of 0 san pernando fernando where a gards garrison n 0 f SW men has been left the casualties are between thirty and forty the filipinos were surprised expecting the american forces to move moe against tien they followed their usual tactics of 0 holding their trenches until they became too warm and then retreating in disorder th they e Y ar arc I 1 n now 0 V re falling back westward west nard abr through h the twelfth and seventeenth regiments had the sharpest enga engagements cements ge ments the country Is covered with rice fields and bamboo thickets the iho cardest possible ground for or marching the mud in places w m as knee deep angeles la Is ono one of the richest towns 27 orth north of abarilla alarilla AJan lla and Js is considered to bo be a better base of operations than san fernando TROOPS ENGAGED the forces at san bernando consisted of the jowa iowa regiment the seventeenth regiment the ninth regiment the twelfth regiment bells new thirty sixth regiment a battalion of the sixteenth regiment troop croop E of the fourth cavalry and fifteen guns the movement had been planned for some time but bui was mas delayed by ral rains ns finally two days of sunshine dried the rice nelds fields sufficiently to permit the at tempt the americans position had long been unpleasant the rebels almost surrounded the town tonn and bred nightly into inlo it the americans american not replying except on extreme provocation it was necessary to keep or men on oil outpost duty constantly AMERICAN LOSS the american loss in the lighting fighting about san fernando at 3 was know n to bo be eight men killed and twenty six wounded the loss may pos possibly bibly exceed these figures as the line Is five miles long lone und and it Is impossible at this hour to hear bear from eve even ry point our troops troop t are now about angels waiting n for the artillery u which aich has the greatest difficulty in moving owing to the wet at ground BATTLE BEGAN EARLY the attack was opened at 5 in the morning a battery of the first artillery shelling bacolor on the left simultaneously bells thirty sixth ini infantry I struck bacolor from the south and drove tile the rebels out armored cars each with a six and two 1 carling revolving cannon on board then mounted on the railroad track in the center of oc our lines soon afterward the guns did sharp execution battery BE of the third artillery and a hundred men of the iowa regiment made a feint toward mexico while the main body of troops consisting of the iowa regiment the seventeenth regiment and a battalion of the ilia twenty ascend under gen wheaton heaton on n the right and the ninth twelfth anco and bells regiments under gen lyscum Lis curn on the left advanced steadily pouring their alre u into tile tho rebels and receiving a heavy fire in return ahe I 1 ho rebels rebel ver mere well protected by trenches and seemed not to lack a ammunition ra but they were unable to withstand for any length of time the hall hail of shot our artillery and infantry poured in on thorn them and retreated len leaving v dead and woun wounded cled on the th 1 neld I A dozen prisoners were captured by our troops NINTH SUrF EBED MOST the reports indicate that the ninth infantry suffered the roost most though tho the casualties of all the regiments are riot not yet reported the weather was extremely liot lint and our troops suffered greatly but bhoge thre was no faltering A company of the he sixteenth sixteen 11 regiment went to the relief of bells regiment this afternoon the firing except it at isolated points had teased ceased by 10 10 FAKIR TAKEN IN capt deems a provost gurd guird last night captured a noted filipino fakir with several ol al lisea lases who by means mani of ventriloquism had persuaded the natives that he has supernatural powers ila H raised money ostensibly for tile the insurrection aur which ho he kept for our soldiers surrounded his holl house SO a and rid corra corrad Jed thirty filipinos many othera escaped tho the troops a alno 0 captured 1000 immanuel manucl Im as uie the fakir Is gen orally known has been predicting acting the fall of manila his prophecies have created excitement among tho the natives who believed them reports from native sources say bay ISO were killed in gen halls engagement ga on calamba and in the a ab sequent skirmishes DURNING OP OF SATURNAS the steamer of the com panta hanla coasting under r the american flag was discovered augu augua A 2nd and by tile the united states gunboat beached at san fernando under the insurgent ti enches there tha steamer mas boarded by an ormed boats crew and the were taken off the cargo careo of oc general merchandise ond and in specie had been packed hacked several attempts to low the off were un c 1 r ti 1 the then lt S san a a F fernando e r nando ja in search of 0 tw fur assistant assistance whereupon whre upon the insurgents returned and st set ore fire to the vessel the united states gunboat york town arrived here lest yesterday erday after bombarding san fernando the sa she reported n nas still smoldering and the steamer m as aa a total V reek rcck ANS PROMOTED number of 0 changes made mada in twentieth regiment topeka kan aug 9 gov stanley received a cablegram today from col metcalf ot of the twentieth regiment recommending the following appointments aich were made at once ll ut 13 J hardy of salina to succeed capt jr 11 13 orwig of company D who resigned to become a major in one of the new volunteer regiments burton J raw 1 bell of foit felt scott first lieutenant I 1 J Q tefft second lieutenant MINNESOTA MEN COMING regiment will leave manila on the lost ks t st paul aug 3 9 gov lind today received the following c cablegram a from lacut col friederich 1 in n command co amand of 0 the thirteenth minnesota regiment starts for home on steamer sheridan about the lith loading today it Is expected the regiment mill reach san francisco about september and be home october OTIS SHOULD ME BE RECALLED LED commander british warship scores tho h general san francisco aug 9 specials from victoria 13 C state that commander P S st SL john or of the baltish warship peacock who mho has arrived there on the empress of japan severely critt alses the management of tile the philippine campaign by gen otis ila he Is 13 quoted as saying that genotis Is a silly oll old man without knon knowledge ledge of tho the necessities or the responsibilities of hla his position llon and without vilt hout ability to improve it the very first action of his government should be his big recall it Is a pitiful thing to see the sacrifice of the tall splendid men of the amer american I 1 can 8 soldiery 0 I 1 to his gross incompetent ue he also pressed expressed the opinion on that the american fatalities would aggregate adding that the in facts c is could not noc be cold owing to tho the press censor censorship lie ile predicted that it if otis la Is left to direct the army of mccu occupation tion the americans wit mill virtually be defeated for he e said the rebels will be able to hold their own sae within the cities of 0 f manila and iloilo hollo and berh perhaps ps a feir ev square mile i round about and aad do as they please OTIS REPORTS BATTLE advises war bureau of 0 engagement near san fernando mando Fc washington tv aaa In fiton AUG 9 gen otla otis confirms the report of if a battle at san fernando in the folling follow cablegram dated today Afa macarthur cArthur miltn IMO men in III arav COM strong concentrated aronius jiin F e balido ot at 6 5 15 this thin morn I 1 ag ienir at t an 1 cl k a ra ni had driven it five miles in direction of angell AnK cl Cazual tip few attack order pl for or ath jam rain did not permit movement railway from froin angelos angeles north hadly badly washed mashed hy by cd floods of 0 last SIX weeks meeks a ability of insurgents rants t to 0 repair OTIS LIKE A GREAT POND manila wet enough at best now vancouver a B C auff 9 manila advices advises received on the steamship empress of japan say that typhoons and rains have turned the city net met enough at the best of times into ui an immense pond malth putters gutters over a foot doel deep in muddy water mater Samp aloo dla dia trice was waa completely hooded flooded tie so that the people were forced into tho the upper stories of the house the tha local police barracks was completely surrounded and sold soldiers Bol lers stood guard arid and carried on patrol duty in to feet of running water mater hundreds Hund redi of creeks that intersect the city overflowed their banks banka and boats m were pre seen scon on a 0 dozen doxen street admiral watson had a narrow escape on the basig ilia hla launch was about to paa under the tha puenta rs ha pana n jhc hen n the real ing cut cuk rent caught it up and jammed it broadside into a stone atone pier breaking the funnel and tearing g ot oll tile the J it n u hale the breatt dreaded t d berl berl that has haa in former yea yeara ra such auch havoc among the fil p juno has noade made I 1 its Is appearance pe arance in prison much grumbling la A heard in I 1 american sivat la is not re received ce 1 ed at the civit custom oin house nor Is american gold or oi bank notes the existing cus tom house regulations reKula tlona require that all customs shall bo be paid in philippine currency this leaves leave no option for j officials bee because ause as aft icing lon a there la 18 a L change nt nf fluctuation in tile relative values of koll gold and silver any official rial who accepts payment in adiv unauthorized zed currency 19 i liable to be called upon to pay th h difference out of lit his ON on the tonice flee on the tha 0 g pe r hand will riot not accept currency which Is compulsory nt at the cust custom mn house unless the stamp mamp buyer ja i m hlll ing to be penalized has heft heftily lly manlia papers say the situation thus culife marts d ti Is omiga and intolerable anil and th the must be ba modified SHOT AT THE WU wife of 0 hoosier Serrat oili slue away at It ebels vancouver B C aug AUB ain 9 an COWL tion with lui tho the arrival ot of united states senator beveridge from camila it la Is bald that mra beveridge who accompanied her husband had the tha distinction 0 of bring five shots at th the while tho the senator mas on the firing una line one day she eho went tor for 9 drive escorted by a sound 0 of tennessee sol gol diers she ventured too toa far ar old o ld rebel bullets were allene about her hat carriage A hasty retreat was waa begun mrs beveridge Beverl dea drew her revolver which w aich she ens hail had carried since arriving 1 at manila and alred alve ve shots in the tha aseen direction 0 of the rebels who could bg be seen skulking in III the distance |
