The sun., 1873-07-02
OniciuI correspondence from cuha I.isre.

CAM? or rELADERo, Ap:il -. lS.3-iu
compliance withiurlcrs from Major Gen. Callxto
Garcia NhisUcz, | have destroyed Ave leagues
Of the telegraph between la Cardaj and Palma
Toriano. when ! reached the main road the
enemy were already prepared, because they had
kn of a reconnOisAuoe which had ordered
To- be made in that canton. At dawn On the I'd
ult. | commenced to destroy the telegraph in
sight Of the Spanish camp pt La Carload, but
although | threw out spny skirmishers who
burned the huts outside the camp, the garrison
did Mt come out. | went on with the dcstruc-
tiun OF The telegraph line. When | arrived at
the wUri' iu front of the camp on the Dcscap-
So estate, my advance guard fired upon some
Spa,. -Gris who were outside and who immedi-
a,rlv ,u behind the trenches. On reaching the
other cai,p VI Arroyo Blauco, few shots were
exchanged wit; a recommending party of the
enemy. They lef;' Two delu on the aeld and IN,
rest got inside the fort. The enemy did not
come fifty yards outsilN their cntreuchmeuts \
pretty regular fusilldc wuS kept up and We can
turcd two horses: kept ON win my trcF up -
ma rms. ''l del Cdutn. Just ~ reached tAdt
point. t.,W a heav, 'lulHh "l SP,nish .aN"Iy
and infantry entering the &" N' y, anna;
/ waited fur the enemy On the ruad NJ In
Cnchi H. Sixty-Nve of my rinemep received
and rcpulscd the brunt Of ia close yol,,"
len flank kept the Fourth gnd Fl'tA hltta-
IONS and my escort. who were Ia front, Alder
very iBccesBnt and well-.ustaiued nro, which
lasted over four hours and a hIl, found that
we had lost only eleven men. Night put an end to
the nghtnT The enemy must have suffered
sever.iy, although they left only forty dead
upon the ntld. 1 say this because | had so
placed my men that the Spaniards came up
within close range, and were entirely uncovered
ON the lOth inst. We alta csed the villages Of
Pedrcgu,O, Las Bocas, ana the town Of Auras,
in the jurisdiction OF liolguin. In comp iaHcc
with the orders Of Gen. Garcia, | with my
fore, 5, who were In front had 10 take by assault
the store and church at Argudn, both Of which
had b cu fortified 10y the enemy. | advanced
on the eucmy's position, and although the
Spaniards made an obstinate resistance, not
would not surrender. We set nre to the bIi d.
tnes, and they all fell urcy to the flames. The
whole town was burned to the ground, Many
large and well stocked stores were sacked We
CAPTURED % carbincs, Remington rifles, re-
yolyers, S2i machctes, md Large number of
horses, saddles and brides, oxen, Sc. We also
got large quantity of gold coin and tewelry,
The lo.ai loss ~ the enemy Is estimated at one
million Of dollarB for besides the business
houses in Pedrcgoso and Las Boras, "a RE
quantity Of tobacco W destroyed in the ware
houses. our casualties were only three slightly
On the 18th inst. the enemy came M with my
forces at S'G Antonio. fnelr purpose, doubt
less, was to recover what we had captured fIum
them, but they were disappointed, for after
n nrlng OF over three hours duration they took
to flight in an haste. Unfortunately, we lost
fifteen men, among whom were Capts Salus-
tidno Serano, l'1mon padilla' and Juan Fall con,
my aide-de-canIp, Nitalihno Saavedra, all of
whom were killed in action.
During our march the next day, and juat as
VIC were crossing the telegraph line between
Las Turas and san AugpstIn. the enemy, who
were IN ambush, opened hre upon us. Our men
rdshed upon them, drove them from their en-
trcuChments, and put them 60 Night They left
seven killed and four wounded on the held, We
captured besides, eight Remington rifles and one
prisoner, who was shot.
These are the events OF the last days, but
have also To add that FROM Bayamo our ranks
have been Increased by the span sh gaTrisons of
" III Congo" and "Caleisito," together some
300 m med men The dawn of reaction has risen,
and all sons OF Cuba are hurrying into the ranks
j. ANro, MACLO,
Colonel in command of Sub District Of Guanta-
namO.
Money deposited now in the Mutual Beneflt
savings hanh sun building, opposite cay Han, win