From Yauco to Las Marias / A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan

by Karl Stephen Herrman

CHAPTER V

The Engagement at Hormigueros

Topography of the battlefield—Macomb's cavalry fired into by Spanish skirmishers—Our advance-guard comes into contact with the foe—General Schwan reaches the firing line—The main body arrives and joins in the fray—Subsequent manoeuvres of our column—The Spanish retreat—A computation of losses.