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American troops, Funston went to a point far from the bridge where two privates swam with a rope to the opposite shore and attached the ropes to a portion of the
Filipino trench, under heavy fire. The rope was then attached to three rafts loaded with 50 men and drawn to shore under enemy fire. Funston was on the first raft to cross the river.
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Chinese porters pushed the train through the river as
American troops swam to the opposite shore, where Filipino trenches were located. Other troops were promptly repairing the bridge to let their supply wagons cross over the river. By the time Luna had returned from Guagua, only Filipinos in the
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Calumpit, the 400-foot (120 m) wide Pampanga River, by establishing a rope ferry which was used to pull rafts across the river with tied ropes. The bridge had been destroyed by the Filipino soldiers and the river was too deep to swim. With 120
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Aguinaldo by telegram were 700 dead on the American side, and 200 on the Filipino side. The American official history, however, recorded only 22 dead and 127 wounded in their ranks. Filipino representatives meeting with the
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A group of
American soldiers then attacked the left flank of the Filipino positions in covered ways and trenches. The rest of the American troops crossed the bridge in single file. All the woodwork and most of the ironwork had already been removed. The
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barrio of Santa Lucia were holding out against the
Americans in the Bagbag sector. Luna tried to fight and repulse the Americans, but he was eventually forced to retreat, destroying bridges to slow the American advance as his troops fell back.
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a few days after the battle mentioned that
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American force rested before continuing their drive against Pampanga. On May 4, the
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611:1st Nebraska Volunteers
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507:Philippine–American War
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201:1st Nebraska Volunteers
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198:1st Montana Volunteers
194:20th Kansas Volunteers
114:Commanders and leaders
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217:Casualties and losses
872:at Wikimedia Commons
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515:Arthur MacArthur Jr.
205:51st Iowa Volunteers
127:Arthur MacArthur Jr.
768:Dumindin, Arnaldo.
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642:William B. Trembley
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908:History of Bulacan
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487:Battle of Calumpit
449:Cagayan de Misamis
226:(Philippine claim)
211:Luna Sharpshooters
183:Gregorio del Pilar
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231:127 wounded
149:Irving Hale
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343:Calumpit
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