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Show AGUINALDO'S DEFEAT ARMY UNDER HIS COMMAND IS jH RETREATINO, B Americans are Marching Toward Ins argent H Capital, Sweeping Everything llefore 'H Them Filipino. Oat of lleach H Dewey. Gnns. H New York, March 20. A special from 1 Manila, under dato of March 27, says: H The two brlgadcs'commandcd by Gen- ,H erals 11. O. Otis and Hall advanced on : Malolos from Meycanayan today, At .H Marllao, ten miles from the rebel cap- H llal, they encountered tho Insurgent H forces Intrenched and under command H of Agulnaldo In person. A sovcro bat- tlo ensued, In which Agulnaldo and his H troops wero defeated and fell back up- H on Malolos, leaving 100 dead. Many H prisoners and small arms wero captured H by our troops. The American loss was H forty men, of whom six, including H tbrco officers, were killed. Marllao .Wal was captured and Is now occupied by &) McArthur's troops. Tho city is on '" I jajH furthei likuf the Matiiuorlver, which H tt this point Is unfordablc. Tho rail- H way bridges had been burned bnforo H tho arrival of our troops. H General Otis' advance guard on Its H arrival hero was met by a hot Ore, H which did considerable damage. With H tho arrival, however, of tho artillery, H tho Insurgents were thrown Into a H panic. A laro number of them escaped H and fell back with Agulnaldo upon tho H main body of tho army, but the men In H the trenches, owing to tho unexpectedly H sudden arrival of our artillery, wero H caught and hoisted the whlto flag. H netting Away From Dewry's Dun.. Washington, March 29. From dls- H patches received at the war department U It would seem that the situation had M assumed tho aspect of a chose, as the H Insurgents are fleeing beforo tho Amerl- H cans with diminishing inclinations to M make a stand. There Is no lack of con- H fldence among officials here as to the satisfactory outcome of the campaign. Malolos, tho insurgent capital, where B the assembly has been sitting and the ! Insurgent government has been In HBl operation, represents moro to the In- H surgontt than any other place In tho H Philippines, and little doubt Is enter- l H talncd that they will make a desper- " aal ate stand there. .B ' The tactics of Agulnaldo are taking r l-i i..,i i , .i-- ... aaal Admiral Dewey's guns. Whllo the In- - H surgents were at Malabon, on Satur- M day, they were within a mile of the H water front and easily within range of M the fleet. Malotos Is about seven miles M back from the bay. B |