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battlo ut Altagracia, which WAS drawn, tho loss
on both sidoa be1ng heavy,
From Baynmo, Count Valmaseda issued, April
4 1860 tha folInHinn r1rncllmation:

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From Bayamo, Count Valmaseda issued, April
4, 1860, the following proclamation;
Inhabitants ~ tho Country: v,,,,x
them, viii afford protection to tho good aud sum
marty punish a those who Ecbo againat the Govern"
1nent Of the naetropolls.
fought against u' armed that yor wlSss motaefs, non
n ISa naa Ssvo agns Xer Ill
these excessca much tngrntulc and such siliainy,
It is tnpoasibe for mo to no tho man was hereto
io vno is hot with mo Ia against me- and u order
that my soldiers may know how to distinguish you'
beyond tho limits Of his farm, shall be shot, unless
1ustcattoa fos his ;a snsenee be- nrossn zen m nrn. v
Every hamlet where white flag is not hoiated. In
token Of tlosEo for peace, will be reduced to nshca.
dwellings Or those Of their relatives will rorn to the
nroydc1 for, Those WHO fa.l 10 do 20 wil b. taken
BY compulsion. These orders will be enforced on and
after the 14th inst.
The foregoing is only sample Of the manner
IN which tic s,ianiarda have conducted the war
from tho start.
In April, representatives from all parts Of the
iBland met at 1uaymaro and formed tho first
Legislative body OF tho
Cespedes was elected President for aix yoara.
and Quosala WAS appointed Goneral-in-Chiof OF
thu Cuban forces.
In May, the spaniards wero badly defeated ut
Las hlinas. Con. Qnesaaa occupied strong
position. and had posted ahont 400 Amerioans in
rear Of his native troops with ordora to tire upon
tho lattor it the ran. Tllo SpaniardH nlade two
! bayonot charges, but were driven back by tho
! Cubans. and at tho third attack, Got. Quesnda;;
eeelng that tue Cllbnne wcro wnverlnSt ortiores!
| up hls reserve, and the sp.niards were repulaed
with D loBs Of over 6oo.
| Soon after. Con. Cespodoa waa reinforced at
| Maya,i, Which he had retakon, by 300 men under
He also brought etores munitions, a'sti snpphoss
| for G,000 men a}so twe}yo field -pieces two Of
, which wore captured By. tic spaniasda.
During the Summer tho Spautah troops
SUFFERED TERRIBLY PROM CHOLERA,
| while the CuhAs,s wore comparatively FREQ from
it. III July, Gen. Cabaloro do RodaA, - the
butcher Of Cat,iz," relieved Dnlco as Captain
General, tho latter having been dopoaed by the
In January, 1870, tho spauiurdB woro defeated
nt Najasa, aud again at an attack upon The Gu,
ban capital, Guaymaro, losing 43G in killed
alone. Tho whole yoar was repetition Of the
preceding ono, many small altirnshes taking
| ulace, iu which the Cubans wore generally diH-
13orsel, only to reapponr again elsewhere.
Ia February, 1871, tho OubanB successfully
resisted IN attack OIL Maynri, but ex'
petition which landed at.. Guantanano wax
CAPTURED by the spanlarda, aud Gen. Qnesads
Do Iodas was relieved about the end Of 1870,
by Count Vnlnaesada, but ho waa 10 more sue
ceusful than his predecessors in queiling the
rho cost OF tho war for 1870 was Atatod, in tlt
| budrot presented to the 8panah CortoB, to
atnn1tnt to eG2, ,000, 900. Tho number OF troop
nant to Cuba since tho outbreak Of Tho insurroo
| tion ia u litto over 10 900.
Yagua do Tahanian, and juno 20 they dofoatot
n largo forco ut Ifolguin.