E PAMPANGA, LUZON, BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER.

"It happened that we left such a hidden retirement and we went into
Taal. We employed more than a whole day on the road, more than half
of which we passed in a lagoon with water up to our waists. We arrived
on the seventh.

"After six days of rest, on guard every other day, we embarked the
thirteenth for Paranaque, where we arrived the fourteenth in the
morning, and on the following day we left with rations of sea biscuit
for three days, and at the end of the day we arrived at the camp
of St. Nicholas, where we found encamped the Division La Chambre,
which we joined.

"On the eighteenth we set out with a convoy for Salitran, and after
passing a whole day in the water, we had to halt, because neither
the darkness of the night permitted us to go any further, nor did
the fire of the enemy permit us to follow the road.

"Next morning at dawn we took up the march, arriving at half-past
nine. We sent away the convoy, and at one p. m., after having eaten
our ration of rice and ham, we started out again for camp, arriving
at eight p. m., with some firing.

"The twenty-third we set out on the same road toward Imus, which fell
after an hour firing with innumerable loss. Imus was then the center
of the insurrection. The General-Coronal, who was not yet wearing
his insignia, died.

"On the following day we came upon the second trench of the town
above mentioned, and there entered it with guns 'at rest,' as we had
promised the most excellent La Chambre.

"In this last capture the division lost about forty, the greater part
of them officers.

"Until now the officers coming from the Balearic Islands have received
no news, but some of the men have.

"It is March 25th, and we have been told that the review of the
Commissary is to be passed in Noveleta, which is in the possession
of the enemy.

"On the thirty-first of the month we left Ymus, going toward Noveleta,
and without following any route we found ourselves at night-fall
on the road which goes from Noveleta to San Francisco de Malabon,
which is also in the power of the Tulisanes.

"During the day there was some firing, and finally we found a trench,
which we captured with the loss of one man. The unfortunate man
was the captain from Majorca, who died from a ball which exploded,
entering through his left eye and exploding in the middle of his head,
so that he died instantly. I could not look at the corpse.

"We slept, a