Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1899 — GENERAL ADVANCE BEGUN. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL ADVANCE BEGUN.

Troops of Lawton and Mac Arthur Ara Pushing Northward. A special from Washington says that a general advance along the American lines in Luzon has been begun, and War Department officials expect reports of some heavy fighting soon. Official dispatches received and not made public show that both Gen. Lawton and Gen. MacArthur are moving northward with their forces, the purpose being to get control of the railroad and the important towns as far north as possible. Eventually it is Intended to send an expedition by water to Lingayen, near the northern terminus of the railway, so as to flank the enemy. This expedition, however, will not start until additional troops have arrived. Meanwhile the divisions under both Lawton and MacArthur will push to the north as far as they can. According to statements made at the War Department this advance is to be made permanent. There are to be no more towns taken and then abandoned. With the additional troops which have arrived during the rainy season, and others to follow, Gen.’ Corbin says there will be a sufficient number of- troops availaide to garrison towns as fast as they are taken, and still leave a formidable force for continuing the onward movement. Gen. Schwan’s column occupied San Francisco de Malabon Tuesday without encountering any opposition. In the advance from Rosario, the Americans met with small bodies of insurgents, who, however, quickly fell back. The activity of the rebels on the south seems to have received a quietus in the sharp fighting about Novaleta. The natives about Manila made an attack near La Loma Church and on the railroad and telegraph lines.