Show UTAH BATTERY AFLOAT captain grants gunboat t holds possession ot of ft a lake washington march 20 the war department part ment has received the following dispatch from major general otis regarding operations against the insurgents our improvised gunboats gun boats under captain grant utah artillery have full possession of laguna debay de bay the troops inhabitants and property on the shore of the lake are at our mercy Wheat ous ons bi abc on oa the river line drove the enemy northeast into the province of Al last evening the enemy attacked a portion of his force south of basig killing two men a and nd wounding twenty of the twenty second infantry wheaten immediately moved against this insurgent force driving it to the south fifteen miles experiencing very slight loss enemy left lead dead on the field |