The war with Spain; a complete history of the war of 1898 between the United States and Spain . t five hundredmen, but a mere skirmish sufficed to drive them out, thesole loss being one Spaniard killed and two or three oneach side wounded. From there the line of march layto Cayey, farther inland, a position from which themilitary road to San Juan could be seized beyond thepoints where mines had been placed. This movement to the east was paralleled by one tothe west, General Roy Stone occupying Adjuntas, tothe north of Ponce, and reaching, by the 4th, the townof Utado, fifteen miles farther inl
The war with Spain; a complete history of the war of 1898 between the United States and Spain . t five hundredmen, but a mere skirmish sufficed to drive them out, thesole loss being one Spaniard killed and two or three oneach side wounded. From there the line of march layto Cayey, farther inland, a position from which themilitary road to San Juan could be seized beyond thepoints where mines had been placed. This movement to the east was paralleled by one tothe west, General Roy Stone occupying Adjuntas, tothe north of Ponce, and reaching, by the 4th, the townof Utado, fifteen miles farther inland and near the centreof the island. The road between these places was notadapted to the transportation of wagons and artillery ;but General Stone soon had a force of five hundrednatives at work, making the way passable. His routelay towards Arecibo, on the northern coast, where trans-ports could meet him with the guns and wagons, andwhence a railroad and a good dirt road extended to SanJuan. The important town of Coama, midway between Ponceand Guayama, remained unoccupied, but the advance. THE WAR WITH SPAIN. 343 was rapidly approaching it, a reconnoitring party ofabout twenty men advancing to the suburbs on theevening of August 1. Here they opened fire on thevolunteer pickets, who immediately fled. The town wasnot taken, however, until the 9th, when General Ernstsbrigade advanced upon it, while the Sixteenth Pennsyl-vania, under Colonel Hulings, made a flank movementthrough the mountains and struck the Aibonito roadhalf a mile beyond the town, thus cutting off the retreatof the garrison. The Spanish force, one hundred andfifty in number, was captured. Other events of passing interest took place advance guard, reconnoitring northwest of Guanica,came upon a strong Spanish force in the hills nearHormigueros, north of Mayaguez. A sharp encountertook place, the enemy being dislodged with considerableloss. The American loss was two killed and fourteenwounded. From tha
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