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Show AHICAil FORCES OEFEATHAraS I More Than Fifty Natives Are Killed in Skirmishes With Patrols. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Details of fighting between natives and American forces near Cape Haitien yesterday in which one marine was killed, ten were wounded and more than fifty Haitians were killed reached the navy department depart-ment today in messages from Rear Admiral Ad-miral Caperton. The marine patrols had been sent out to clear the lines of supply from Cape Haitien to the interior. The first expedition set out on Saturday Satur-day afternoon to Haute vu Cap and Pt-tit Aobc, close to the city, and on the main line of supplies passed native outposts, out-posts, whose commanders objected to the expeditions, but offered no resistance. resist-ance. Next day two patrols went out again and after the expedition reached Haute vu Cap firing became general and both patrols were engaged. About fifty natives were killed. The patrols returned re-turned to Cape Haitien laHt night and Admiral Caperton reported the supply routes had beon completely cleared of hostile forces. Second Skirmish. A later message said Captain Underwood Under-wood led an expedition of fifty mounted marines to Petit Riviere and Dalarte Bonite Sunday, and encountered 150 armed Haitians. They wore driven into the hills after a vigorous skirmish, while one marine and two natives were killed and three natives were wounded. The marines are holding the two towns, where quiet has been restored. The marine killed in the fighting near Cape Haitien was Sergeant .John Piatt of Detroit, who had served long and honorably in the corps. Kis sister, Mrs. Susette Blanchard, lives at North Brook-field, Brook-field, Mass. List of Wounded. Piatt had been ashore in Haiti since Ju.lv 29, attached to the Twenty-fourth company. He enlisted in 1901 and had three honorable discharge certificates. The seriously wounded were: Corporal George Washington St rout t, Ele venth company, First regiment, of Baltimore, and Private Vincent Gage of the Connecticut Con-necticut detachment of Camd'en, N. J., both of whom were shot in the right shoulder. The slightly wounded wor: Private (Oontinusd. on Page Four.) III FORCES ' DEFEAT HAITIANS (Continued from Page One.) Howard Parson Yoiigsi Portland, Ore., left leg; Private Chanes Frederick Schvopp, Pittsburg, Pa., right forearm; Private Julius Cooey, Westville, Pla., left foot; Private Cioff Kllsworth Jordan, Jor-dan, Goose Creek, W. Va., right shoulder; shoul-der; Private John Brandle, Brooklyn, N. Y., left foot; Private Bernard Cos-mus Cos-mus Glassner, New Murdock, Kan., left leg Prvate Frederick William Renmni, eu-listed eu-listed at Norfolk, Va., and Private John Wittek, Newark, N. J., were injured, hut the extent was not given in the report. |