A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . ants, with a jurisdiction numbering30,600. It has three very fine markets, acharity hospital, a seminary, good schoolbuildings, theatre, and casino. There is arailroad in construction, a post-ofiice andtelegraph station. It is situated on a long,uneven hill, at the foot of which liesthe beautiful valley of the Juanjibos andBoqueron Rivers, which is made a veritablegarden of enchantment by the orange,lemon, and tamarind trees, together withvarious other plants, growing there in abun-dan
A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of BrigGeneral Schwan . ants, with a jurisdiction numbering30,600. It has three very fine markets, acharity hospital, a seminary, good schoolbuildings, theatre, and casino. There is arailroad in construction, a post-ofiice andtelegraph station. It is situated on a long,uneven hill, at the foot of which liesthe beautiful valley of the Juanjibos andBoqueron Rivers, which is made a veritablegarden of enchantment by the orange,lemon, and tamarind trees, together withvarious other plants, growing there in abun-dance. The town was founded in 1511 byCaptain Miguel Toro, and has borne thetitle of city since 1877. The principalstreets are called Luna and Comercio. Itschief plaza is of notable size, its church is 46 YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS quite regular in architecture, though of oldconstruction, and the barracks of the in-fantry and civil guard merit , it may be said that its citizens haveheld a distinguished record for bravery andpatriotism ever since their decisive victoryover the English forces in CHAPTER V The Engagement at Hormigueros Topography of the battlefield—Macombs cavalryfired into by Spanish skirmishers— Our advance-guard comes into contact with the foe — GeneralSchwan reaches the firing line— The main bodyarrives and joins in the fray — Subsequent manoeu-vres of our column — The Spanish retreat — A com-putation of losses, THE ensuing account of our fight withthe Alphonso XIII Regiment ofCazadores, on the loth of August, istaken bodily from the official report madeby General Schwan to Major-General Milesunder date of August 21 : — At a distance of about seven miles fromMayaguez the Rio Rosario, coming fromthe east, parallels the road for nearly amile, and empties into the Rio Grande just 47 48 YAUCO TO LAS MARIAS south of Hormigueros. A sugar-mill standsjust off the road to the left; and a wagon-road branches off to the right, lined withhedge
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