The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-08-20
ARMY GETS THE NEWS
All Forward Movement Is a. Oace
Stopped.
Story of the Wars Ending Reaches
Gen. Wilson While I'm the Midst Of
a DattIe-Spaninrd Notified
and Fight Ceases.

Ponce, Puerto Rico, Aug. 15.-The
peace news has stopped all forward
y movement of the American army in
Puerto Rico. Gen. Wilson at Coamo
and Gen. Schwan at Mayaguez will re-
main at those places. Gen. Henry, who
! is at Utuado, will return to AdJuntas,
and Gen. Brooke, who had advanced
beyond Guayama. will return to that
! town.
Warships Assembling.
Key West, Fla, Aug. 15.-In accord
f., ance with orders from the navy de-
: partment following the presidents
proclamation of a suspension of hos
tilities, Commodore Howell, OF the
North Cuban coast blockading squad
ron, is rapidly assembling his ships at
Key West. Many arrived Saturday
and still more Sunday. The flagship
San Francisco, with the commodore
aboard, arrived Sunday morning. She
looks none the worse for her expert
ence off Havana early Friday morn
ing The hole torn in her stern by the
12-inch shells from MORO castle has
been neatly patched, and the damage
to the shi pis inconsiderab BILE. 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 anxiousty>looking
for orders which will take them north.
Leaving Santiago.
Washington, Aug. 15.-By Wednes-
day or Thursday OF this week it is ex-
pected by war department officials
!, that all of Gen. Skaters 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 70: this country.
S Hadn't Heard the News.
At the Front with Gen. Wilson's Col
umn, Five Miles Beyond Coamo, Puerto
Rico, Aug. ~ delayed in transmits
I sion).-Gen. Wilson moved one Ian
: 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
y pass, through which the road winds.
3 The enemy occupied a position of
great natural strength, protected by
: seven lines of entrenchments and a
: battery of two howitzers. The Span
4 iards were eager for the fray, and
earlier in the day had fired upon Col.
Biddle, of the engineer corps. who
:, with platoon OF troop C, of New
York, was accommodating on their
right flank. AS our battery rounded
curve in the road 1000 yards away
: the enemy opened an artillery and in
!, fantry fire. Four companies of the
Third Wisconsin, which were posted
{. on the bluffs to the right of the road,
were not permitted to respond to the
4 infantry fire.
0 batteries Fight NobIy.
The guns advanced al a gallop in the
t face of terrific fire, were unlimbered
Il and were soon hurting common shell
and shrapnel at the enemy at lively
rate. striking the supplements, bat
n teries and Entertainments with the
Il rhythmic regularity of a trip hammer
: The enemy soon abandoned one gun,
a but continued to serve the other al In
tervals for over an hour. They had our
n range, and their shrapnel burst re-
r peatedly over our men. One shell
burst, the fragments killing Corp.
= Swanson, of company L, and seriously
= wounding Corp. Yanke and Privates
o Bunce and Vought. Capt. Lee and Pri-
yate Sizer, of company +, were wounded
!, by Mauser bullets. In about two hours
i the enemy abandoned the other gun,
n and the men began to flee from the en-
4 trenchments toward banana grove in
the gorge. Our guns shelled them as
e they ran.
q One gun was now ordered to advance
= to position a quarter of mile fur
Their on. 1t had just reached .he new
position when Spanish infantry re-
, endorsements fled into the trenches
: and fired down deadly fire
: upon our men, compelling the bat
terry to retire at q gallop. Then
both the onemy's howitzers reopened
: and shrapnel screamed and Mausers
, sang. Another gun galloped from the
Il TeuT, Dut our was en-
: hausted. Lieut.. Haincs was shot in the
body by Mauser just before his gun
retired, the ball following a rib. The
q orders issued for two companies to
advance were countermanded and the
> firing soon ceased.
Demanded Surrender.
3 Gel. Bliss, of Gen. Wilson's staff, went
forward to the enemy's line with flag
of truce and explained that peace ne
gotiations were almost concluded and
that their position was untenabie and
, demanded their surrender. The Span
ish have no communication with the
outside world and the commander
asked until morning in order that he
might communicate with Governor
General Macias at San Juan.