The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-08-20
THE BATTLE or GUAYAlGA.
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GuayanAa, Puerto Rico. Aug. e.--fOor
resPondence d the Chioago Inter Ocean
Aug lsl-Eyer slnes ouayama was o.
e1Faea, fhree days ago. The natives havs
eeen demonsirative In praislng the Amer.
laAnA. and IN showing how delighted they
Here q Tie retreat Of the BpaniaraA To.
day there came . change, which was no,
At all surprising TO tAoss Who know Nv
ehaEaeier q the Pnerto RlmmA.
u Naa just o'eloek tale afternoon
when . hOmsman came gAllOplng into
town shouting @Eend The dynamite runs
q onee The Fourth ohio i being ami.
hilased.
In lsss than Eve minutes the ahrm had
spread throughout The teen and The
streets wire fiiisd NTH soldiers hufyyin9
% their quarters.
Ihe natives disappeared a. u By magic,
net single one Of them reanaining In
Is'gAt- shutten weFe harriedly put up
81 all the shops that were open, the hack
men rushed their horaea 10 their sinbles
and evesywherN the natlyes ahowaa by
shaiE actioAs that they anticipated The r..
capture u The toan By the EpaniaFdA
The fears u aome 81 the women led
them 10 sask pEoteetion in the cathedral.
where they spent the time In prsyes. The
whnas inridsnt showed how Iittls reliance
eaa Be PLACED IN the slneenty 81 pro.
AmsTsnaa PrOtsstations Of the natives.
ans late - AnbaseaAe.
Ths sPaAish attack grew out q Tie
taet that Coioael Colt Major DIAN and
iAFnltnani waFdman, he latter Il Gen.
essi prooks's slafI. had. With Companies
a nnd c o. the Fourth Ohio, started ear.
y In the morning to recoanoiiar 10 ths
noEthuard, ~iih the object Of ascertain.
lng The truth ~ the reports that the
spanIaFas had mined The bridge On the
road 10 Cayey. whitheE General Bsooke's
OommAnd Il boand.
Knowing The smailnesa Of the rsconnol.
lsEing party, the report that thsy had
besa attacked BY The spanlards caused
mneA sariisneni a. he Cuaysma bead
qaAFteA
A strong fores was At oncs hurried d
the iTunL Thero uese no horses 10 haul
Tho dynamite guns. and The men buekled
70 and dragged them over the Hills for
I've miles 10 The sosns q action.
On The way several struggling privalep
81 Company G weSe uset. They Imported
thai that company and Company A had
Bora practically amAihiiateA by Spanish
artillery. They DECLARED that they were
loo tEea 10 fight any more
u sas also reported that Captain Bid
die q Company Q had been wounded In
The engagement. but u vas subsequently
l@Enea that be had been overcome BY
he heae
AZ O'Clock The reiniorcemsnls reached
9 turn of the road and the whole scens q
the engagement lay before them. They
stood directly On ths spot where the frst
AmbascAde had been made. The road
here took . sudden Turn 10 the right,
While 800 ynFsls further on Il made q
quick turn 70 the ieit- Thus the march.
ing troops were exposed At both turns
10 Gre from the hills on either aide
spaaIards neAIna EartAworks.
The spaniaFAs were about COO yards
away. They were eatrenched on one
side behind blockhoase and on The other
behind eartAwofks located on ths tOP u
Q hin.
Nothing but shallow ditch on the let
side Of the road had saved the American
troop, for that The hrV had been blister
Ing hot there was shown BY the treeA
the leaves and bOughs Of which had been
torn away by the Spanish shot. N
For the greater part Of two hours the
Americans lay In The ditch, the Spaniands
meanwhile directing . hot FIRE against
them but not attempting 70 charge them.
A stampede vas started In Company c
BY the collapse oil Captain Biddle, who
was Frustrated by the heat When 10
isll u was generally believed that he had
been shot
The effect on the men might have beea
serious had Il not been for Lieutenant
wardman, who assumed command Of The
company and fought CALAMITY through
the engagement A coon ~ the rein.
ioscamenls arrived ne preand on with
Ala men 10 the top Of The Hill. III
some time before this the enemy had
stopped their cross ere. but AZ soon A.
the Americans climbed the hill the Span
Iards opened hot Ere from the block
house. The Americans rushed through
the han Of bullets toward the blookhouse,
and The spaniards started 10 retreat.
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