Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-08-15

main at those places. General Henry.
who is at Utuado. will return to Ad
tuntas. and General Brooke, who had
advanced beyond Guayama, will return
to that town.
Coamo, Porto Rico. Aug. 15.-The or
ders to advance given to General Ernst's
brigade were countermanded Saturday
upon receipt of the presidents order to
suspend hostilities. General Wilson
Saturday morning sent a party with a
flag of truce to notify the Spaniards of
the suspension of hostilities. but the
flag was not respected. This was by
order of Governor General Macias. As
General Macias has no communication
with Madrid he may thus cut himself
off from official notification of the situ-
alton.
Story of the Latest Fight
Five Miles Beyond Caomo, Porto Rico,
Aug. IL, via Ponce, Aug 15.-GeneraI
Wilson moved one Lancaster battery
out to the front this afternoon for the
purpose of shellins the Spanish position
on the crest of the mountain at the head
of the pass through which the
road winds The enemy occu-
pied position of great nat
ural strength, protected by seven lines
of entertainments and battery of two
howitzers. The SPaniarGs were eager
for the fray. and earlier in the day had
fired upon Colonel Biddle. of the en-
gineer corps. who with a platoon of
troop g. of New York. was reconnoiter-
ing. As our battery rounded q curve in
the road 1000 yards away the enemy
opened artillery and infantry fire
Four companies of the Third Wisconsin
which We're posted on the bluffs to the
right of the road were not permitted to
respond to the inf. r. IRE.
Enemy Driven FROM His Position.
The guns advanced II a gallop in the
face of a terrific fire. were unIimbered
and were soon hurling common shell
and shrapnel at the enemy at a lively
rate. striking the emplacenlents, bat
teries and entertainments with the
rythmic regularity of a trip-hammer
The enemy soon abandoned one gun
but continued to serv' the other at in
tervals for over an n. They had our
range. and their shrapneI burst repeat
edly over our men. One shell burst, the
fragments killing Corporal Swanson, of
company L. and seriously wounding
Corporal Yanke and Privates Bunce and
Vought. Captain Paget. the British ma
val officer who is with the American
forces for the purpose of observing the
operations in the field. distinguished birn-
self by aiding DIR. Woodbury..
Deadly Fire Hits One-8 Man.
Here Captain Lee and Private Sizcr.
Of company +. We're wounded by Mau-
ser bullets In about two hours the enc
my abandOreG the other gun and the
men began TO flee from the entrench-
ments toward a hanana grove in the
gorge our guns sheIled them as they /
ran. One gun was now ordered TO ad-
vance to position a quarter of a mile
further on 1t had just reached the
new position when Spanish infantry re-
Inducements filed into the trenches and
fired down a deadly fire upon our men.
compelling the battery to retire at a gal
lOp- Then both the enemy's howitzers
reopened and shrapneI screamed and
Mausers sang. Another gun gaIIoped
from the rear. but our ammunition was
exhausted. Lieutenant Haines was shot
in the body by Mauser just before his
gun retired, the ball following a rib.
Demand Made for Surrender.
The orders issued for two companies
20 advance were counterB1anded andth
firing soon ceased Colonel Bliss. of
General Wilson's staff. went forward TO
the enemy's line with a nag of truce