The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-24
ALBAN Is Defeated
COLOMBIAN LIBERALS CLAIM AN
OTHER VICTORY.
EXPEDITION DRIVEN BACK.
RoYACA RETURNED WITH MANY
WOUNDED MEN.

The Attack on Perequete a Complete
FaiIure-Liherals Poured Severe
Rifle Fire Upon Grounded Schoon-
ers and Drove Back the BOyaca's
Boats-Alban Has Gone to the
scene Again, However-The Iowa
at Panama and the Machias and
the Marietta mt Colon Guard
American Interests.
Colon, Columbia, Nov. 23.-Many YER
sions are current, all based in favor of
the Liberals, regarding the where
abouts and fate of Gen. Adams expe-
dition, which left Panama on Sunday
last. The following is the most anthem
tic and plausible.
sOn arriving off Perequete, distant
about thirty miles from Panama, and
ten miles beyond Chorrera, as the crow
flies, Gen. Alban, on the gunboat Bo-
yaca, sent forward two schooners
which grounded. The Liberals on land
Immediately poured terrible rife fire
oc on board. Gen. Alban then ordered
the Boyacas boats to go to the assist
ance of the schooners. The crew of the
Boyaca complied with the result that
many of them were wounded and the
boats returned to the Boyaca. When
ordered for the second time to go to
the assistance of the schooners the
boats crews refused on the ground
that it was useless and that such
step meant certain death to them.
ma on Thursday night, taking many
wounded men with her. The Liberals
claim that 800 men of Gen. Adams
force were captured in this way and
that they now strengthen the Liberal
ranks.
1t has been held all along that Gen.
Alban undertook no easy task when he
attempted to land troops in the vicinity
of Chorrera. The Generals return to
Panama was looked forward to with
great hopes, but when he returned in
the manner in which he did many peo-
pie were discouraged and downcast,
which leads to the belief that the grav-
ity Of the situation is recognized.
The Boyaca, with Gen. Alban on
board, started again yesterday morn
ing from Panama, her destination, pre-
sumably being Perequete. 1t is not safe
to consider the overland road from
Chorrera to Empire station under COM
piete Liberal control, as otherwise the
full Liberal force would, doubtless,
have already arrived at Empire Sta
ton. Yesterdays estimate that a
thousand men had arrived at the sta
ton proves to have been exaggerated,
but it is certain that troops are now
coming in all the time.
Nothing has been heard of the land
force which left Panama on Sunday
last, but it is reasonable to conclude
that it is now harassing the move
ments of the Liberal forces. The Brit
ish second-class cruiser Amphion left
Panama Nov. 10, leaving the United
States battleship Iowa the only war
ship at that port.
War Vessels Arriving.
The Colombian gunboat General Pin
ION, which escaped from Colon when
this town was captured by the Liber-
ais, Nov. 10, arrived safely at Car
tagena and there spread the news of
the capture of the city. The French
cruiser Suchet, was there on her way
to Martinique, and she hurried back
to Colon, arriving here this morning.
The United States gunboat Marietta
has arrived here from Key West.
The situation along the railroad line
is unchanged. There is no interrupt
ton of isthmian transit.