Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1899 — FILIPINOS LOSE SIXTY. [ARTICLE]

FILIPINOS LOSE SIXTY.

Two columns of Gen Mac Arthur's division Sunday took Magalaag, six mitao northeast of Angeles. Oot. Smith, with two battalions of the Seventeenth infantry, two guns of the First artillery and a body of engineers, advanced from Angeles. Maj. O’Brien, with a battalion of the Seventeenth infantry and two troops of Hie Fourth cavalry moved from Cainmet. Col. Smith killed eleven insurgents, wounded 128 and captured fifty. Maj. O’Brien killed forty-nine insurgents, wounded many and took twenty-eight prisoners. The Americana had eleven men wounded. Magafang, the town taken, is a strong town, situated midway between Angeles and Arayat. The movement la a past of a plan for the Americans to possess al the country to the southeast of Tartar as the trbops close in on the capital, cutting the Hne of the enemy’s retreat in that direction. The insurgent force is estimated at 1,000. Col. Smith first encountered a small force entrenched a quarter of a mile beyond Angeles, which soon retreated, leaving two of their number dead, l'he enemy made a abort stand at the outskirts of Barrios and San Francisco, briskly shooting at the advancing Americano. Oapt. Brush deployed with the advance guard of the battalion and charged the Filipinos, who took to flight. Seven Americans were wounded. The Americans almost surrounded the insurgents, who resisted stubbornly. A special from Washington says that with forces aggregating more than 30,000 fighting men Gens. Lawton, MacArthur and Wheaton are now dosing in on Agutaoldo’s army.