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Show BTOI1Y OF AQUINALOO'S , CAPTUIIB. laeldent. nrtha r.sprdlllnn Vthleh t.p-lorxllha t.p-lorxllha liHuri.nl Chl.f. February J4 General Funtton camo Into pottettlon of aeveral lettera written writ-ten by Agulnaldo, among them being one that 400 troop, should be atnt to him at oon at possible. Tho hearer of the letter wat to guide the troopt to hit retreat. Funtton planned to head a detachment of Tagalogt friendly to Americana, nnd with the Information contained in the lettera, endeavor to effect hit capture. The party tailed on the Vlcktburg March a, ,) ,, March 14, at night, ran ashore nenr Cntlguran, 00 mllea from Agulna'do'a headquartera. Tho ex-Insurgent olllcert, ottentlbly commanding the party, announced that they were on the wny to Join Agulnaldo Agulnal-do between I'autubatig unit llnler; that they had surprised an American tur-vevlng tur-vevlng party nnd that they bad killed a number, capturing five. Thoy ox-hlblted ox-hlblted Geueral r'u.iston and tho other Americana aa their prltonera. On tho morning of March J7, taking a. until quantity of cracked corn, the parly atartcd on a nlnety-inllo march to I'alnnan. They marched tereu daya and nlghtt, and on March S3 had reached a point eight mllea from 1'ala-nan. 1'ala-nan. They weie now so weak that It wat necessary to tend to Agulnaldo'a camp for food Agulnaldo dispatched supplies, and directed that the American Ameri-can prltonera be kindly treated, but not be nllowed to enter the town. On March S3 the inarch wna returned, 'the column wat met by Agulnaldo'a body guards. General I'untton'a men crossed the river in amall boats, formed on the bank nnd marched to the right nnd then in front of tho Insurgent grenadiers. grena-diers. The Tag'aloa entered tho houto where Aguluald,o waa. Suddenly the Hpanlth officer, noticing notic-ing that Agulnaldo'a aide tsaa watching watch-ing the Americana suspiciously, ex-clalmcdl ex-clalmcdl "Sor, Maccabebea, go.for Ihe-nl" Tho Maccabebea opened Are) but their aim waa rnther Ineffective, and tnly threo Inturgenttwero hilled. (The rebels returned tha lire. On hearing the firing, Agulnaldo, ' who evidently thought Ilia men were , merely celebrating tho arrival of rein- forcementt, ran to tho window and ihoutcd: "Stop that foollthnest! Quit watting ammunition." ' llllarlo l'lactdo, ono ot'thoTalago I DQIccra, and a former luturgent major. ' nho wat wounded In the lung by tho Ira of the Knnstt regiment nt the battle bat-tle otCaloocan, threw hit anna around KgulnaldoT-a-xclkliTiIng, 'You are a prisoner of tho Americana." When the Urlng began General Puntton attumed command and directed di-rected tho attack on tho house, per tonally attlatlng In the capture of Agulnaldo. The Inaurgent body ruard lied, leaving twenty rlllca. Santiago San-tiago Ilarcelonn, tho Insurgent treat-nrer, treat-nrer, aurrendered without realttenco. When captured, Agulnaldo waa tremendously tre-mendously excited, but he calmed down under General Fuutton'a assurance assur-ance that he would bo well treated. Tho expedition retted March SI and then marched alxtcen mllea tho following follow-ing day, where General Funston found tho Vlckaburg which brought him to Manila. |
