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VOLUME LXXXV- NO. 117.
BEING ROUTED IN BATTLE, THE
FILIPINOS HAVE FIRED MALABON
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GENERfILS IN COMMAND DURING THE FORWARD MOVEMENT.
VICTORIOUS
ADVANCE OF
AMERICANS
Aguinaldo's Forces Fleeing
to Malolos for a Final
Stand.
MANILA, March 26, 7:30
p. m. — The United States
troops under Brigadier-
Generals Hall and Lloyd Wheat
on captured the town of Malinta,
beyond the Tuliahan River, to
day after a sharp fight. Colonel
Harry C. Egbert, of the Twenty-
Second Regular Infantry, was
killed. Prince Loewenstein, for
merly aid-de-camp on the staff
of Brigadier-General Miller at
Iloilo, somehow got in front of
the firing line and was shot in the
tide, dying almost instantly. A
German who accompanied him
was wounded.
The American casualties to
day were much lighter than those
of yesterday, the total losses thus
far reported since the engage
ment commenced being 45 killed
and I4t wounded.
General Wheaton entered Ma
linta, which is a small village of
hyts, at 1 o'clock this afternoon.
The United States gunboat Hel
ena and other gunboats have
been shelling Malabon, about a
mile northwest of Caloocan, for
several hours. . t
The San Francisco Call.
The insurgents made a fierce
resistance to the American ad
vance up the railroad at Malinta.
In addition to the fatal wounding
of Colonel Egbert, several men
of the Twenty-second Infantry
and several men of the Oregon
and Kansas regiments were
killed.
Evidently anticipating a bom
bardment by the fleet, a thousand
rebels vacated Malabon last
night, leaving a few to burn the
town. General Wheaton's bri
gade, composed of the Second
Oregon regiment and the Twen
ty-second and Twenty-third In
fantry, stretched out along the
railroad from Caloocan to the
I Tuliahan River, was powerless to
prevent the withdrawal, owing to
the natural obstacles and to the
strong opposition.
A column of smoke at day
■break was the first intimation of
the enemy's intentions, but oth
ers followed at various points, all
soon blending in a dense balloon
shaped cloud. The flames of the
burning rice mills and large
buildings could be plainly seen
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1899.
INSURGENTS DRIVEN
FROM ENTRENCHMENTS
General Otis' Report of the Advance of the
Flying Column Under Mac Arthur,
WASHINGTON. March 26.— The War Department
to-night received the following:
"MANILA, March 26. — Adjutant - General, Washing
ton: Mac Arthur's advance beyond New Canavan, two miles
beyond Polo, nine miles from Manila and fifteen miles from
Malolos. Railroad will be repaired to advance point to
morrow and troops supplied by cars. Mac Arthur will
press on to-morrow; is now in open country. Insur
gents stoutly resisting behind succeeding lines of intrench
ments from which the troops continually drive them. City
is perfectly quiet and the native inhabitants appear to be
relieved of anxiety and fear of the insurgents. Captain
Krayenbuhl, Commissary Lieutenant Third Artillery, is mor
tally wounded. OTIS."
from Caloocan despite the strong
sunlight.
By 11 o'clock in the morning
the only building of importance
not destroyed was a large stone
church in the center of the town,
but even at noon fresh fires were
started among the native huts in
the outskirts of Malabon, al
though the general exodus took
place much earlier. Many of the
rebels sought refuge in the sub
urbs Navotas and Casag or were
driven inland by the shells of the
Helena, Callao, Ningdapan and
Laguna de Bai.
In the meantime General
Wheaton's brigade held the rail
road to the river, but was unable
either to repair the bridge, which
had been destroyed by the ene
my, or to advance, owing to the
opposition and the hills on the
other side.
The calculations of both Gen
eral Hale and General Harrison
Gray Otis, whose brigades con
stituted General Mac Arthur's di
vision, were much interfered with
by the character of the country
in front of both, and the enemy
was able to take advantage of
this, so that the operations
against Novalrehs and Polo
were delayed, though the right
wing of the division swung out,
sweeping the enemy in a north
westerly direction.
General Wheaton's headquar
ters last night was half a mile
south of the river on the railroad.
The opposite bank was protected
yesterday by blockhouses and in
trenchments. Occasionally the
artillery and infantry fired across
the stream. Finally the engi
PRINCE LOEWENSTEIN
KILLED DURING THE
PROGRESS OF BATTLE
MANILA, March 26, 7:30 p. m.
—Prince Loewenstein. formerly
honorary aid-de-camp on the
staff of General Miller at Iloilo,
somehow got in front of the fir
ing line and was killed.
The death of Prince Ludwig
Parl Loewenstein-Wertheim in
yesterday's fighting ends a ca
reer which of late had seemed
mysterious and gives rise to no
little speculation. According to
a dispatch from London to the
Associated Press on March 4, the
Prince, who married Lad* Anne
Saville, daughter of the Earl of
M'-x borough, had 'been lost sight
of by his friends, and an adver
tisement inquiring as to his
whereabouts had appeared in
thf London newspapers.
This elicited a dispatch from
Manila saying that the missing
Prince was in the Philippines,
had been there for many
months, was present at the de
struction of Montejo's fleet and
was a member of the European
Club. The dispatch asserted
also that his behavior had given
rise to a suspicion that he was
acting as the confidential agent
of the German Government. It
was further alleged that before
Manila surrendered he was al
lowed to pass in and out of the
Spanish and insurgent lines,
each party apparently regarding
him as favorable to themselves.
For a few days it was even as
serted that he acted as a volun
tary aid-de-camp on the staff of
Brigadier-General Miller.
The London Daily Mail about
the same time said it had in
formation that Prince Ludwig
was in Iloilo in January of this
year, and with othf>r papers it
asked the meaning of these
"mysterious movements."
neers moved a construction train
up to the bridge, the iron frame
work of which remained, and be-
gan to replace the floor.
While this was going on the
Second Oregon regiment crossed
the river on the left and the
Twenty-second on the right, with
four companies of the Twenty
third Infantry supporting the lat
ter regiment. A rising clear
ground stretched away for a dis
tance of half a mile to Malinta,
situated on its crest.
In front of the village were
strong Filipino intrenchments,
but no Filipinos were to be seen.
Apparently they had fled. The
Twenty-second regiment ap
proached diagonally, with Gen
eral Wheaton and his staff close
behind and scouts closely observ
ing the ground.
When the Americans were
within about 300 yards of the in
trenchments the Filipinos sud
denly volleyed heavily.' The
Twenty-second, which was hold
ing the center, suffered consider
ably, but with the Oregonians on
the left and the Kan sans on the
right in the woods, the fighting
was kept up for half an hour, the
Twenty-second Infantry advanc
ing up the slope through the
thick grass under the hottest fire.
General Wheat on and staff
were all the time under a rain of
bullets. Colonel Egbert, who
was in the thickest of the fight
ing, was shot in the abdomen.
He was placed on a stretcher and
an attempt was made to carry
him to the cars, but he died on
the way.
It was a most affecting scene.
General Wheaton. baring his
head, said: "You have done
nobly." Colonel Egbert gasped
in reply: "I must die; lam too
old."
Xo Filipinos were found in the
trenches. Though apparently
| their force was much smaller
'than that of the Americans, they
had an immense advantage in po
sition and opportunity to retreat.
General Mac Arthur's advance
guard, the Third Artillery and
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• General Egbert and Prince •
# Loewenstein •
« /Vmong the Dead.
GALLANT
TROOPERS
WHO FELL
Brave Men filled and
Wounded During Battles
With Tagallos.
OFFICERS KILLED.
COLONEL X C. EGBERT, Twenty-second Infantry.
CAPTAIN JOHN S. STEWART, First Colorado Vol
teers.
OFFICERS WOUNDED.
CAPTAIN C. D. CLfIY, Seventeenth Infantry.
FIRST LIEUTENANT HAROLD L. JACKSON, Twen
ty-second Infantry.
CAPTAIN LEE FORBY, First Nebraska Volunteers.
CflPTfllN WALLACE C. TAYLOR, First Nebraska
Volunteers.
FIRST LIEUTENANT A. BRAZEE, Second Oregon
Volunteers.
SECOND LIEUTENANT W. S. OVERTON, Third
United States Artillery.
CAPTAIN GEORGE B. FORSTEN, First Washington
Volunteers (mortal).
WASHINGTON. March 26.—Ad
vices from General Otis were
watched with keenest interest
by the War Department of-
ficials to-day, and Assistant
Secretary Meiklejohn, who in the absence
of Secretary Alger is acting Secretary'
of War, remained in his office through
out the day in order to keep in close
touch with the progress of the fighting.
Many army officers and other officials
were also at the department, and the
GENERAL EGBERT
KILLED IN BATTLE
WASHINGTON, March 26.— Colonel Henry C. Egbert, whom General
Otis reports among the killed, was born in Pennsylvania, and ap
pointed a first lieutenant in the army from civil life on Septem
ber 23. 1861. He served continuously as a line officer for nearly
forty years. Hp was more closely identified with the Twelfth In
fantry than any other organization, having served with distinction in that
regiment during the Civil War. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Get
tysburg, but escaped and rejoined his command, and was severely wounded
on June 3, 1864, In the battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia. He was major
of the Seventeenth Infantry from 1890 to 1893, when he became lieutenant
colonel of the Sixth Infantry. This regiment he commanded in the Santiago
campaign until disabled by a shot through the body on July 1, IS9B. For his
distinguished service in battle he was promoted a brigadier general of vol
unteers, which grade he held until December, IS9S, when in the reduction of
the volunteer army he was hrmorably discharged. He was promoted colonel
in the regular establishment on July 1, 1898, and assigned to the Twenty
second Infantry, whose colonel, Charles A. Wikoft", was killed at San Juan
Hill. He joined the Twenty-second Infantry on January 30. 1899, sailed with
it for Manila on February 1, and arrived at Manila on March 4, 1899. Gen
eral Egbert was well known throughout the army as an officer of a high or
der of ability and as a man of sterline Qualities.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
President was kept advised as to the
developments as indicated in General
Otis' dispatches. Early this morning
thf first message from General Otis
was received, and was soon followed by
others, whose contents gave the officials
here their first general idea of the op
erations of the last two days.
The list of killed and wounded, which
General Otis had promised, was anx
iously awaited by the department and
the friends and relatives here of the of