The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-26

fighting we drove them from their retreats, when
they Immediately became demoralized and re-
treated preclpitatelV. We captured one colonel,
one lieutenant, one standard-bearer, two ser
geants. q corporal, and seventy-two soldiers,
with horses, arms, and equipments.
Generals Angel, Castillo, and NaZario Castillo,
Majors Sanguile and Batista, Lieutenants Iayas
and Jose !. Castellanos, most nobly behaVed
themselves in this action. We lost in killed,
Lieutenant Jose Agramonte, brother of our
Minister of the Interior, and Lieutenant Leandro
Lopez also seven soldiers We had but few
wounded in the action ] have tried the pris-
oners and found Lieutenant Eduardo Gomez
guilty of breaking his parole given last year mt
Bayamo, and condemned him to be shot. The
other prisoners desire to enter our ranks ana
battle for our cause. We burned the buildings
recently occupied by our enemies as 1t Is not
advisable to hold such an isolated position. We
also destroyed some cars on the railroad.
Liberty and country.
MANUEL QUEsADA General-in-Chief.
OFFICIAL REPORT OF MODESTO DIAZ.
DEPARTMENT OF BAYAMo, July 16.-General
! have the honor to inform you that | have es-
tablished n line of communication by Gulsa, IN
order to circumvent the enemy, who has been
trying to cover the roads from Venguita to
CautO | have had the enemy surrounded TO
six days, causing him considerable losses daily
Yesterday column of Spaniards arrived to re
inforce him, and | was obliged to discontinue
the attack. Towards night | was advised
that force of Spaniards was coming up
the Guayabal road towards Nagua. l i'm
mediately marched out to intercept them. An
action followed, during which the cavalry of the
enemy became demoraliZed, when the soldiers
dismounted and began fighting on foot. They
sustained our fire during an hour and half
Darkness put an end to the fight. We lost seven
killed and sixteen wounded. The enemy's losses
are not known. This morning we intended to
renew the battle, but at daylight discovered that
the Spaniards had retreated from their position
to the pass mt Rondon. MODESTO DIAZ.
Liberty and country.
The ''Perit" Hero.
Colonel Francisco Javier Cisneros, the sue
cessful leader of the Perit expedition, is now on
his way to this city from Cuba.
The Cuban camp at BeavertOwn n. j., is the
object of constant watching by Minister Roberts
spies. At present there are seventy-five young
Cubans rendezvousing there. They are refugees,
and are supported by their wealthier country
men residing in this city. Having no other
occupation, they drill daily, hoping that they
may soon have an opportunity to change their
practice to n more dangerous and useful field.
They have reinforcements daily since the
arrival of Colonel Quesada. The latter remains
quietly at the residence of a friend What
plans he is maturing or advancing may not now
be told, but he is no idle patriot. The majority
of the Cubans here are hopeful that the Presi-
dent and Cabinet will make some decisive move
in their case next week at the meeting called
for the first or second of the month.
a concert will be given at the Academy of
Music about the Goth of September for the benefit
of the Cuban soldiers. A number of American
ladies of high standing have interested them
selves since Col. Quesada's arrival here to under
take to provide some means of relief for the des-
titute Cuban ladies who have followed the pa
triot army into the field.-N. Y. Sun.