The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-11
THE LATE SPANISH vroroRY.
Facts Of the battle Between the Cubnns and
J0Vcliar Coming to Light.
A TELEGRAM sent by the Spanish Cover

telegram sent by the Spanish Govern
ment across the Havana cable on the 81 instant
Informed tho outside world that
On tue 2vtn ~. so spanish valry, securing the
ro'nasd Gbaro d thst after bsnd 10 ahnd asat 81
main u ih ivp ai ,lSV e s@ Nj ed and
~ w0utu' The Telegram dcd hat c. pt-ucn.
The ii. H. winch " TIC nr eng ,ci, ent OF conse.
qucucc wnica las ken pi4ce tor long lime.
Subsequent news from cuba have considera-
bly, modified, not to say contradictcd, the infer
ences dcducible from the above despatch. In
the llfst place Il was known here that the scour-
ING CORDS OF 300 spanish cavalry was really only
the vanguard Of a considerable body of Spanish
troops on their way fiom Santa Clara to attack
q fortlned Cuban camp situated at Guayabo |;
then II leaked out that these Spantsh troops
amounted to t,0O0 men OF all arms next, that
instead rs ipferrable from the despatch, that
Captain-General Joveliar heard ofthe fight quite
casually, he was really In command personally
Of this corps d'armee and lastly, we Yesterday
saw Cientuegos letters to Spanish merchants of
this city which, besides other details OF the
an lr, furnish the important facts that the Span
rds eft over 400 iilled on the held. instead OF
80 as stated In the telegram. That the military
OF Grafton was the Que ON which Jovellar had
relied for the expulsion OF the Cubans from
81 villas; that IL was arranged In combine
ton between himself and Gen. Riqueline, the
comma dor-in chief Of the Spanish army IN the
Ctncu Villas that 1t utterly failed that Rique-
line has been sent to Spain IN disgrace aud
that Jcvellar himself escaped capture almost
MIR icuiOusly.
he letters to which we 'efer are written In
almost despairing terms. They state that the
utmost seCresv on the SUI ject Of the intended
mi'it ~ operations had been strictly preserved,
anh that the fact OF the Cubans having been np-
prised OF them proves conclusiveiy how almost
uueNceptiOnal sympathy with the Cuban cause
i IN quarters Nersally regarded as thoroughly
loval
Gen. Jovellar left Santa Clara. with 1000 men,
on the .pth ~ February. Riqueline was to
opetate with him with 1000, attacking the
inst. at GIavabo. On the afternoon of the 2yth
at fomcnto tho Cuhans fell upon the vaugu nd
or Jovcllar's army. consisting Of 40 cavalry, and
literally shot 1t down. the Spanish saddles
we're emntied before a Cuban was seen. Tine
main body Of Ioeclbr's force continued to adj
vance. and In the denle perfect hail OF those
celebrated Occasional bullets poured down
on them. Jovcllar ordered halt and sent by a
bvroad TO Rquene to come up with MS reserve.
unfortunately he was not on time. aud when he
ala come ui-tne next morniuE-nut "A CUBAN
" q To be seen. They had silently stolen away.
however, the result. military, h 8 been that
JONCll4rs campaign, from which 80 niucn glory
nnd success To the Spanish arms was anticp ted
mas turned out awretched falure. lie has lost
some 200 men killed ana wounded. and sneaked
PACK TO III vdna ty sea from Cienfuegos to BIiO-
bauo, apparently not caring To run any furtner
rlsA OF capture In the Interior. Politically tho
eject OF the disaster has been even greater. IL
has opened the eyes Of many q the hitht rto u
couNipcahle Spanidrds to the fact that not only
SPAN cannot trotect property IN the interior Of
the Ill md, hut that her picked troops and most
expa renced ccher Is are unit TO cope in THIS
Cur an class - warfare with the cNpert. need
ana hdruy patriots.