Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — HALL ROUTES REBELS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HALL ROUTES REBELS.

Insurgent Town of Calamba Captured by American Troops. A Manila dispatch says that Brig. Gen. R. H. Hall, with 1,000 men, has captured Calamba, on Laguna de Bay. The

loss to the United States forces was four killed and twelve wounded. Calamba is a town on Laguna de Bay, about thirty miles southeast of Manila. It is mudt farther south tTA the United States troops have yet penetrated on land. It is in the province of Laguna. It

has a population of 11,476 and is twentyseven miles from Santa Crus on the eastern shore of the bay. Its capture is not considered of any strategical importance, except as a part of the plan to harass and worry the insurgents.

GEN. HALL.