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Show 'FILIPINOS ON THE EUN WHEATON'S FLYINQ COLUMN IN HOT PURSUIT. Hiring Tassed the Jllver Vatic, the Hoys In Illue Will Now Tress forward Toward To-ward Agulnaldos lleailiuartn. Mantla, March 17 -lioaetal Lloyd Whcatca, commanding tho United States flying column, attackod and defeated de-feated a lorco of 3,000 Filipinos at I'aslg Wednesday afternoon, Inflicting a heavy loss upon them. Tho American loss was slight. Tho Americans captured cap-tured 350 Filipinos. Many bodies of rebels killed In tho engagement are floating down the river. About 330 Filipinos surrendered at the town of Tagulg to tho Washington regiment, and 17S Filipinos wero captured cap-tured at I'aslg by tho Twentieth regiment. regi-ment. Our troops found 100 dead Filipinos and 100 new graves near I'aslg.' Tho prisoners were unarmed und, therefore, It Is presumed they executed ex-ecuted their threat of throwing their arms into tho river. The Americans will now press on toward Agulualdo'ir headquarters. |