New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-09-21

use OF the garrison His force composed OF 200
men, AT short distance from the town he encountered
body OF rebels and thinking best sent word into the
city TO Boniche asking 81 the same time instructions
The latter ordered the former to collect some beeves
which absolutely necessary for the subsistence or
the garrison and then to march back by the north side
quickly possible into the city Varea had gone but
sound of battle 1t evident that the town was
attacked by the rebels and the Colonel moved without
further delay TO the Of the garrison Indeed at
the moment that the town-clock was striking u a. m
the forces OF the rebels moved on Las Tunas from
the four points OF the compass and made desperate
attack The force 5000 and 5000 and
guard operating under the orders Of D. Martin Abranco
BOnlche In cool and collected manner disposed his
Usc TO ne 6ss sDa s s he drseS
p and snS e., In the e5s% Isa h1r iss
town only after hard contest. which was really fought
hand TO hand. As soon as day broke Bonche saw the
yarea ordered the south part Of the town.
Alesanco to the Bayamo and Infanta roads while jose
vanced positions At this time the enemy having one
piece of artillery commenced firing from the Mercader
Hill, DESTROYING an angle and pillar OF the tower A
time, which stopped at about three squares rom
jose RaonH NayaTro was ordered with small force to
defend the Government house, and thus placed the sol
hours According TO the statement OF prisoners taken
the Cubans must have lost in killed and wounded 500 or
Spanish loss In all 1906 The President and congress
OF Guimaro witnessed the combat.
ton retired On the evening Of the 18TH the brave Col
Benegasi entered the town at the head OF 500 men;
The Cubans destroyed good number OF houses IN town
during the battle and much other property also On the
goth Boniche left Las Tunas for Havana.
LETTER FROM CUBAN SOLDIER.
A soldier who has just returned to Boston from
Cuba writes for The Boston Ereng Times interesting
account Of his experiences while in the island OF his
voyage to Cuba and his landing there he says;
started from Boston IN the early part Of last March,
having notion that should like TO TO Cuba 10 tight:
from Ferdandna Florida on the i4th hurried along
by rail with others and found the vessel he Anniel
all right with until got near the coast OF Cuba only
we we seasck, and we all supposed that we would
find nice quarters and plenty to eat when we got on
the Island But we had awful time getting ashore.
do MT believe old captain knew what he las about
But he afraid Of the Spanish gunboae or something
and instead Of going into Guantanamo Bay as ne SAID De
going be landed the whole 10 OF us recruits with
ont any officers on the coast about 80 miles IRON
%e 10 hs s pso' where haa 10 W'os
We marched whole day and dian see soul But the
second day, after sleeping in the swamp and nearly
melting we found great plantation with lot OF ne,
eat and drink The gabbled away with our guide.
but We didn't mind; We thought must not starye
And after passing another night near the plantation we
marched about 20 miles, when across camp Of
black Cubans with white officer they we're gong 70
aSgssed have they
massets snd two had ptchiorEs None Of them knew
anything Of tactics and would run Ut the least scare
were going besiege Bayamo. They thought t would
ss sa aps Cat I'll Of no &c nSPf two
living at the little low houses along tho way. In
in May and june, part OF the time in Gen. Gomezs and
in Gen. Jordan1s department The only nghts saw
and at pond near Puerto Principe the hrst week in
July There were about 400 Of us, with our clothes al
threw away everything but their pantaoons without
any hats and we erept up through the neh STALKS ana
and let drive at them through the brush They was nt
expecting US, an, run like greyhounds But only about
run away They said there about TO- 900 regular
weldred troops there; but did nj see any Of them
All little bands Of Spanards, mulattoes, and
who went scouting about the country for stray
bands Of spaniards.
or the conduct of the Cubans and spanards the writer
says:
The Cuban white men are brave set and believe
they would fight I'll they died any where but the negroes
Ts ds
on the big + is Tssa ss OF white .na
determined to night and believe they wiz whip out
the spanards because the spaniards dare not 10 INTO
captain gave his orders in Spanish and then repeated
them in English, that all could understand But
ali We did was around plantations stealing our
living aud hunting for stray spanards don't know as
the S0a thew are the Of fellow. that ever
you saw They hate spaniard so that they would cut
battles and have them quarrel among themselves
and shoot two three saw a lot Of Msrcanos men
a ans plantation sGs and throw
and OF the roof breaking their Re me, inner
half much as the spaniards for they nrst cut
pieces Cuban vile, cnu, or Save Iney can
ind We where the Spaniards had tossed up dead
body their bayonets, ike penny betting whener re
would down face up or not until ne was notnlns
but heap otJelly We did not intend 70 have tents
till the rain came and then we got blankets out OF
the houses and strung them on poles Inc
the Cubans The spaniards keep sending letters to
the Cubans telling them how they Will chop every
prisoner take into mfnce meat and they 90 XIII
every Cuban they can catch. They caught six OF my
company night when we were Gil asleep ana WINE
our picket had run away, and came near getting me-
They left bodies all In most horrible manner
but little way from the camping spot where they were
captured the bodies and the captain snu nVe or
ak OF the Cubans stuck by him made up our minds
10 save the men kill many spaniards We iollowed
them until their fort, and we nred lnIo
them, and went back TO bury the bodies
party Nueyitas came down the road last juno
when the roads awfuly dry and parehed up ana
fellow from Michigan who Is now with General jordan
as Commissary or something took big buneh OF pal
metto and scraped 10 the road TO raise dust
The Spanards 1t and run like deers ana t0d the
general that they had had sharp night and Killed ~
Cubaps Cuban built breastwork OF logs across tine
road st Espiru eanto and the spanards sheeo Two
had gone The number OF Cubans in the army can't
tell Because you know private soldier mas 10 way OF
finding out except by reports Kept nearing about zen
Thousand men at Bifarru under figuero, and fifteen
thousand under Qusseda at Puerto but never saw 80
sand in ALL and they must be almost all sharpshooers
like u.s. They don't have any pitched battles and bush
yhackipe all they do. saw one battery OF Napo
leon guns about the st Of June but since the rain hey
can't use them.
THE NETWORK ALDERMEN ON CUBA.
At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen OF
this city. yesterday. the following resolution was
adopted:
That ,he Rsoseu,stiyes the