Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1899 — [?] [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

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IjSenerel Mac 1 City After i naifrwff^TTffni 1 jA general American troops a gains stronghold at Porac was morn-

!' torn* jUtee; half an The loss was sHgfcTgndj the inU kuOwir.-Tbe enemy t^Sneto ' cans entered the town thgKy found It

deserted, •■ r i The attacking party moved on Poruc in tiro colmqnL' Thie Ninth infantry, with, 'two guns fromltent* Rita was coipmanded by Gen. dbdLthe tThirfy-sMcth Iffantry, undfr'Col. BeH,W4th One gun, Accompanied 'Gen. MacArthur from San ’‘ Antonio. Both columns 6truek the town ;*t Bljotcliek 'and opened a brisk fire, which was replied to by the enemy for half an hour. Then the insurgents fled, and the American* marched over their ■ trenches and took possession of the place. The movement was a strategical success, a»d resulted .in the possession of Porac Whd- the' clearing of several mile* of codktrr thereabout, ihsmienta art estimated to hatwwnmbered 600 men* Ten dedtP Filipinos were found itnd the' 1 captain an&>p(Ri|nsMrx, of hiiQscarno's command were prisoner*. 4, ¥ JT\|, ■ 1 lonts^^d 1 Gara-^ lor, the capital of PampanggffV||vince. It is abontijfyj f_tbe, rail- ! TOad line ruiagfjlit nor*th from, and between Santa Rita and Angeles, through *, the of ,’weut of.StttadUhbToz bus »roa

GEN. MACARTHUR.