The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-08-05
mo- FlGHT YET

win spanlah Foress in PsFtO Rtco-They
Ato E&ps6tsd 70 Jake athnd 80 muea
from Pone6-sonora1 Brooke has Them
Planhed,
PONCE. Island Of Porto Rico, Aug. T.
so far al known. no further forward
movement will be made by the AInerican
troops until the arrival Of more trans
ports, which are expected hourly.
There has been no lighting up 70 the
present 50 tar as known. The spaniRTts
are expected to make tiIsir flfst stand at
AHbonito, thirty-fve miles from here,
where two or three thousand spaniEh
regulars are believed to be entrenched.
The present prospect Is that there win
be no actual lighting for several days.
The spaniards are reported to be ad-
vancing, though 1t Is not generally be-
lleved.
In adattion 70 the regular tOrttfica-
tionB at Aibonlto, on the road to san
Juan. is 10 reported that the enemy has
naned the cliffs, preparatory TO Docking
the road II Obliged to retire.
San Martin, the Spanish coulmander
here, who evacuated taie place without
orderg. 10 q prisoner jat San Juan ce
Porto Rico. He Will be tried for cow
ardice and will probably be executed
PONCE, Aug. 2, (eTeuingl via ST
Thomas, d. W. l., Aug. 3.--tpelayed IN
trausmisglon). The plan Of campaign 70
not FUZZY determined upon, out the nAtu-
raI strength OF the Spanish position at
Aabonito and the character Of the defen-
siye works erected thsrp, neceSsitates O
flank movement The turning move
mept was inaugurate0 to-day, when
Gen. Brooke landed 5000 men at Arroyo.
sixty miles east OF here From there he
can strike the military road leading to
san. Jlian ct Cayey, beyond Albonitu.
This Will compel the Spanish command
en-, General Otega, who has q great rep
utatiOn, to abandon his gtTonghobd, or
be caught between two fires.
It IS possible that q second column
may move on his left flank also, In
which case the present advance on nus
front will be shown TO be only q telut'
is. A DnahIms ReeoUhHtsHMcs.
Cen stone Is making a dashing re-
oobnaisance north in. the direction Of
Arecibo. He went Into AdJuntas last
might with five men and four CORES
pondents, and to-day he brought his
Command on along the Utuado road
The road rises west OF the Cayey range.
and Is rough, but Is practicable for cav
airv and infantry. II 1t Is found passa-
ele at utuado, 8. light column Of troops
NAV be pushed across to the north coast
ana strike in on San Juan on the left
flablS, But II Gen. Brooke s. succeEstuk,
Il q probable mat Otega will find Ad-
bonito untenhble, in which case the
whole OF our army. after anectng
junction, will move on the nlaab road.
Cen Stone met with a most enthusi-
agtic welcome from the natives In the
villages and towns which ne passed
Women and children strVwed flowers IN
the street as he passed, houses and town
halls flew the American nag. Behind
moves company @ Of the Second Wis
consiTt regiment, under Lleut0naN bo-
diner. The enemy, numbering Hbouf 4OV
rrecede,5 him. The enerny has Tor hours
bseT, in fuN retreatl Our advance has
nat been e2tenSfsd beyond Juan plaz,
afthoueh reconnoitering parties have
toncltgdl CoamQ Gen. GarresoRs bri-
gnde and the batteries are eneamped
juse beyond Ponce. =,
T7he Geet will lombard San JUAN and
make other diversions to keep the ene-
M, btisy AZ every poart In the hafnor
~ PONCE and az Arroyo, on board gilp,
are the Third Iltinois, the First OHIO,
fhe Fourth Pennsylvania, the Fifth ana
Nineteenth regulars and the Thrty-
second Michigan.
There are constant alarms at the OUT
pos.g but there has been no fighting as
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