Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-08-18
ARMY GETS THE NEWS
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All Forward Movement Is at Once
A d Stopped. "a
Story of the Wars Endin. Reaches
Gen. Wilson While in the Midst of
Dattle-Spaniartis Notified
and Fight Ceases,

Dattle-Spaniartis Notified
and Fight Ceases.
Ponce, Puerto Rico, Aug. 15.-The
peace news has stopped all forward
movement of the American army*ln
Puerto Rico. Gen. Wilson at CCamo
ana Gen. Schwan at Mayaguez will re-
main at those places. Gen. Henry, who
lsAat Utuado, will return to Adluntas,
ana zen. Brooke, who had advanced
beyond Guayama, will return to that
town. az: ..@s f~'' ~"" 7SS@9
i p Warsl,ins Assenblinx
Key West, Fla, Aug. 15.-In accord
ance with orders from the navy de-
Partment following the presidents
proclamation of a suspension of hos
tllltles, Commodore Howell, s. OF the
North Cuban coast blockading SQUAD
ron, is rapidly assembling his ships a:
Key West. Many arrived Saturday
and still more Sunday. The flagship
San Francisco. with the commodore
aboard, arrived Sunday m orning. She
looks none thesworse for her expert
ence or Havana early Friday morn
| ing The hole torn in her stern by the
l2-lnch shells from MORO castle has
been neatly patched, and the damage
othe ships inconsidera bic. The larger
gunboats and the torpedo boat de-
stroyers have not yet received orders.
but the torpedo boats and revenue cut
tiers have already been called north.
Naval officers are unanimous in their
expressions of qualification that the
war is over and are anxiously looking
for orders which will take them north.
Leaving Santiago, ..,.1
Washington. Aug. 15.-By Wednes-
day or Thursday OF this week it is ex-
pected by war department officials
that all of Gen. Shafter's command
will have left Santiago for the United
States. In dispatch to the war de-
partment Gen. Shafter says that the
early departure Of the troops now de-
| ponds entirely upon the transports,
which are daily expected to arrive at
Santiago. At the present time only
about 5000 men OF Gen. Skaters corps
are at Santiago, the remainder having
already sailed TO- this country.
Hadn't Heard the News. ..
AT, the Front with Gen. Wilson's Col
umn, Five Miles Beyond Coamo, Puerto
Rico, Aug. 10 delayed in Transmits
sion).-Gen.. Wilson moved one Lam
caster battery out to the front this
afternoon for the purpose of she'll
ing the Spanish position on the crest
OF the mountain. at the head of the
pass. through which the road winds.
ihe enemy occupied a position Of
great natural strength, protected by
seven lines OF entertainments and a
battery of two howitzers. The Span
lards were eager for the FRAY, and
earlier in the day had fired upon Col.
Blddle' OF the engineer corps. who
wilma platoon Oh troop C, of New
York, was accommodating on their
right flank. AS our battery rounded
a curve in the road 1000 yards away
the enemy opened an artillery and in
fantry fire. Four companies of the
| Third Wisconsin, which were pos+ed
on the bluffs to the right of the road.
were not permitted to respond to the
| infantry fire.
Batteries Fight Nob1y.
The guns advanced a gallon in the
face OF terrific fire, were unlimbered.
and were soon hurting common shell
and shrapnel at the enemy at lively
rate, striking the emplacements. bat
teries and entertainments with the
rhythmic regularity of trip hammer
The enemy soon abandoned one gun
but con tinued to serve the other at In
tervals for over an hour. They had our
range, and their shrapnel burst re-
peatedly over our men. One shell
burst, the fragments killing Corp.
Swanson, of company L, and seriously
wounding Corp. Yanke and Privates
Bunce and Vought. Capt. Lee and Pri-
vate Sizer, of company F.. were wounded
by Mauser bullets. In about two hours
the enemy abandoned the other gun,
and the men began to flee from the en-
| trenchments toward a banana grove in
the gorge. Our guns shelled them as
| they ran.
One gun was now ordered to advance
| to a position a quarter of a mile fur
| Their on. 1t had just reached !he new
position when Spanish infantry re-
endorsements filed into the trenches
and fired down deadly fire
upon our men, compelling the bat
terry to retire at a gallop. Then
both the enemy's howitzers reopened
and shrapnel screamed and Mausers
sang. Another gun galloped from the
rear, but our ammunition was ex-
hausted. Lieut.. Haines was shoSin the
body. by a Mauser just before his gun
retired, the ball following rib. The
orders issued fog two companies to
advance were countermanded and the
firing soon ceased. st ....ss ..~.~