The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-03
ANOTHER STORY OF THE FIGHT.
Advance of the Thirty-third Michi-
gan on AEuadores.

Advance of the Thirty-third Michi-
gan on AEuadOres.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
With the Advance of Thirty-third Mich
igan in Front of Aquadores. Friday. July
l, noon, by the Associated Press Dispatch
Boat Dandy, by way of Port Antonio Sat
urday, July 2, via Kingston, 11:15 a. m.
delayed in transmission.)-The American
fleet has been shelling the fort and rife
pits of Aquadores all the morning.
The Thirty-third Michigan Volunteers
took a train at Juragua in two divisions,
the first at a. m. and the second at
7:15. A rickety engine ran the six miles
in about an hour and stopped a mile and
half from the fort out of sight
Gen. Dufield, commanding the land
forces, signalled to the New York to be-
gin firing at $3.50.
The New York and the Suwanee ad-
vanced to within about 200 yards distant
from the fort.
The Suwanee, with three successive
shots, knocked the Spanish flag off the
fort, wrecked one corner of the struc,
The Cubans and the Thirty-third threw
out skrmishers on the Hill and shots
were exchanged all the morning with the
rife pits.
The fort and the blockhouse were both
silenced by the New York, whose secon-
dairy battery peppered the ravne, while
occasionally the deafening roar of her tur-
ret guns was heard.
Early in the advance eight companies
marched up the railroad track and an
other force went around the beach out of
sight of the Spanish forts. Six small
shells were thrown over the heads of the
men, too close for comfort, and the
troops were sent TO cover under the en-
bankment in the railroad cut There they
are now awaiting orders. The sharpshoot-
ers are popping away from the hillside
and occasionally the report of a ships
gun is heard.
The officers and men who formed this
advance were Gen. Duffield, Col. Boynton
with the Thirty-third Michigan, Maj
Webb Third Battalion, Lieut.. Col
Schmidt, First Battalion, and Maj Bur-
ton, Second Battalion.
capt Fred Alger, son of the Secretary
of War, who is an aide TO Gen Shafter,
was with the regiment
At 2 O'Clock this afternoon the engine
was forced TO return for water. On the
first trip half the command was brought
back, and the train returned for the
others.
1t develops that this attack was merely
a diversion in favor OF Gen. Lawton's
movement around the right flank. 1t is
impossible to take Aguadores, as the river
is unfordable and the Spaniards have
blown up the far end of the railroad
bridges. Only Companies b. D and FL took
part in the action, owing to the limited
space where the men could be deploved.
The killed thus far were all the victims
of the first shells fired by the Spani1rds
which had the line of range of The rail-
road, though the firing was high. The
men mad just thrown off their packs when
a shell from a three inch cannon exploded
in the ranks of Company /. The killed
were:
John Franklin of Diamond Dale Mich.
- Seabright.
The wounded are:
Frank Lawson of Lawton, Mich, left
arm fractured.
D. A. Stark of Ann Arbor Mich, right
arm fractured.
Clifford II. Curtis of Land Lake.
All the killed and wounded were mem
bers Of Company I, which is made 10 Of
sons Of veterans
As the train left second shell exploded
on the track, wounding a number Of
others.