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PATRIOT ACCOUNTS.
Cuban RepubIic--War Bulletins.

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Cuban RepubIic-War Bulletins.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE
WAR DEPARTMENT..
citizen Colonel Chico Valdes has forwarded the |
following reports to TIL department.
on the 10th we had an encounter with the enemy !
the port of Santa Cruz. We killed four and wounded
several. Our loss was two wounded and Blk horses
killed The 6reshets prevented us rom pursuing
in the vicinity Of the plantation Esperanza. The
firing lasted two hours The enemy sustained
loss of twenty-five men, and was forced TO take re-
fuge in the intrenchmens of the courtyard Our loss
was one man. The gallant soldier Juan Bril- iela
sides seriously wounded. fuhta and Lioertod.
CHICO VALDES
have this moment received the following from
citizen Captain Lorenzo Xiques:-
The enemy, number 1885, forssing for cattle in
lie We sed twelve, whose bodies were carried on
as wa had one Mo1ned sent TO the hospital Particular
be made ss S Sss n Hse
gether with their men, distinguished themselves by hshns
nc" Sal Sisss ss, june uS H. rs isss .''''
publishei for general information, RtH,a &c end
CAMIauEYAN CAMP IN GUAYcANAMAR, June 70,
1869.
All which is made public for general satisfaction
and information Of our army Patrta ana Lfbertod.
The Sub.Secretary Of War, ..
SABANILLA, June "a, 1869.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATEt
DEPARruENr OF WAR.
The following reports have been received by this
Department.
GENERAL QUARTERS IN BIJABO.
On the 7th inst. directed the citizen Major Gen.
eral to reconnoltre the positions and forces OF the
enemy on the railroad line Under yesterdays date
communicated to the Secretaria the action which
took place In consequence. According to ohlcial
documents taken from the SpaniardS the result was
that the enemy had the following losses:-An
ensign killed, one corporal, three soldiers ana
reconno,tre / determined to attack their camp,
situated between Sabana Nueva and Camaguey l
lett PehOn with 800 infantry and cavalry at two
O'Clock IN the morning ana arrived there at day.
break. sent my aids, citizens Julio Sanguilt and
anime the point. The enemy was there. ordered
citizen General Angel Castillo and sta In advance
besides the two aforesaid AIDS citizen Commandment
Fernando Zayas silva and the squadron OF citizen
Commandant Canti. They opened lire on the
encmy's rancho. Our men immediately captured
Tne Spanisrds, sheltered partly in the trenches
and partly the houses Sse,a kept eDDs up e,s,
! ordered the infantry under citizen Com
mandant Tomas c. Mendoza to advance. a squad
OF Caonao cavalry Joined them to support both
enemy abandoned his positions and fled with pre-
cipltatlon to the city. Immediately ordered the
cavalry to charge, ana the following prisoners were
taken:-A commandment captain, lieutenant cap
tain, o cavalry lieutenant, O lieutenant ensign,
seventy-two soldiers, among whom were seven
wounded. All the arms they had were captured,
together with their ammunltlons, horses saddles
and sundry documents, which ! forward, besides
others which / retain for data when needed.
Citizens General Angel Castillo Mario Castillo
OF my stan, and Jose IgnaciO CaselaDos, all did sig
mai service in this acton by acts OF personal daring
aud animating the men by words ana deeds.
1t Is with deep regret that have to notice the
great loss OF citizen Lieutenant Jose Agramonte
brother to The citizen Minister for the interiorh
yoang and gallant soldier It was his frst cam
paign in which he conducted himself with the ardor
OF veteran and the conviction OF patriot Citizen
Leandro Lopez, a valiant soldier oil my escort also
succumbed In bravely assaulting the rancho. These
two killed and seven wounded-the greater part
siiehtiy-are the losses we have had.
After taking UP the summary process and data OBJ
tanned from the declarations OF the prisoners relative
to the operations Tie number OF the enemys forces
and the positions, nave ordered the officers 10 be
shot-(one of these, named Eduardo Gomez dc 10
Tore, Of the prisoners captured at the taking Of
Bayamo and ab5cOnded after having taken his oath
MOI 10 take up arms again against tue republie)-
ana fhat the soldiers be Kept prisoners for the pre-
sent in safe custody. Toe object which has guided
me In this is to indnee deserton in the Spanish
army, the soldiers Of which very dissatisfied,
and to insure the facility future OF capturing de-
tachmeDts without great resistance, which wou1
not be the case were they to expect ceran death.
twenty OF tue eleiuyis dead remained On the |
field, Which, added to the number OF prisoners taken,
compos, the complete number OF the detachment
had the four ranches occupied by the eneiny burned
as likewise handcar OF the railroad. PutI1d ana |
Libe,tddr - -
JUNE 20. 1863.
COLUMN OF OPERATIONS, IN BAYAMo.
have the honor 10 inform you that In view OF the
enemy's operations have established viz OF COM
munlcat lion on the side OF for the better security
oil our correspondence, because the enemy has GOV.
cred the line from Vegua 10 Cauto. Ny efforts TO
get the enemy away from Veguta have been cou-
siderable, but 1 have not been able 10 obtain any
other result taaa that of having caused han many |
losses during the six days OF continuous fire which
have poured on DiIl III iIl Tue iAcuFeiOus nau IN
tended 10 MAKE
Yesterday came here 10 conference with General
L. haIcano and not finding him here, because lie
was on an excursion near Qua, determined to re-
main here TIL now. At about seven A. Al learned
tAat the enemy was already approaching Quay abll-
the entrance of Nagua-and proceeded lmmedi.
ately with my OflCers and the lew men whom Mar
can0 had left hefe The action soon commenced
with my few Officers in unison With citizen Colonel
Codina who on the open field, at the Sabal3 Pa5s,
sustained brilliant IRE with the cavalry. ana com
PEELED them to abandon their horses aud continue |
The fight on foot The action then beca nc GENERAL.
All fought with herolsm Tor two hours. The
columG was repuised at the RondoD Pass
II Was conpesed of 400 men with its corresponding
artillery. We sustained the lire, although
we only numbered twenty, ana had only
Gonzalez, bus nog dangerously being Ia
the hand and leg. On the enemy retiring, |
citizen Captain Frias, with 100 men, well armed and
supplied, sent TO our aid by General Marcano,
fell ON the SpaBiards with spirit Here Frlas
LOST two good soldiers, but caused great loss 70 tle
enemy; among the wounded were two Caialans
rom Manzanio, who were in the van carrying six
pallets and an OK cart with tue dead and wounded.
The result waa triumph, and had we bcen provided
with molo men at the onset not one or the enemy
would have escaped, rs the position was o splendid
Dne Tor Va yea Ut6a P,ra Ia RepubltctI Istttto
md LiDe5t0d MODESTO DlAZ.
NAoUA, June i6 1860.
AL the lasi date yc nave been informed that the