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Show ENTRAPPING AGUINALDO. Troops Sent to Prevent Ills Eitrmpe 'orta-wiird. 'orta-wiird. Manila. Not. 7. A fleet of transport and gunboats has left Manila for the most important expedition of the autumn campaign. Its designation is supposed to be Dagupan, or some other northern point. General Wbc-aton commands, with a brigade consisting of the Thirteenth Infantry. the Thirty-third infantry, two guns of the Sixth artillery, and two Gatiings. The transports Sheridan, I'r.-r.icisro de Keye and A.teo carry the troops, with the gunboat Helena as e .eort. A dispatch boat was sent ahead to nrr.'ine a ren le.vous witii the United Stairs cruiser Charleston, and to the warships that are patrolling the northern north-ern roast of Ijti.on. It is assumed here that the purpose of the expedition is to move down the Dagupau-Mauila railroad toward Tar-lac, Tar-lac, in order to prevent Aguinaldo's forces from making another base farther north. Dagupan and Apparri are the st rongholds of the insurgents in the north. It has been the unanimous opinion of military experts that Dagupan should be made a base of operations, but sufficient suf-ficient troops have heretofore been lacking. V i th Generals Wheaton, Mac-Arthur Mac-Arthur and Lawton moving on Tarlac from three directions, and the mountains moun-tains hemming in the other side, the insurgents' capital will soon become untenable. Aguinaldo may attempt to shift his headquarters to the rich tobacco country coun-try at the northern end of the island. It will be difficult for the insurgents to escape. Should the scheduled operations succeed, suc-ceed, organized insurrection on a large scale should be at an end early next spring, although guerrilla warfare is likely to continue for a long time. No one anticipates that the insurgents will make many hard battles. |
