The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-05-29
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,1 Major General Sanguilly, a promin-
ent olloer Of the Cuban insurgent army,
is:now IN the United States endeavoring
eosWaken an interest In the cause OF the
Cuban patriots. General Sangmlly is n
battlsscarred veteran, carrying numer-
Gus wounds received In the many con-
tests with the Spanish troops with which
be has. been engaged. He states that the
Cuban forces consist Of 1900 TO 1900
men; well armed and disciplined, and
that q large increase to that number
could be made II they had sufficient arms
and ammunition. The Spaniards have
about 10000 men, distributed among
the different forts aud cities, but the
country outside is generally occupied by
The rsvolutionists. Last fall Spain sent
A,OW new troops to the Island, expect
tnk, fwith their aid, to crush out the re-.
bellion, but nothing of Importance has
been get acc omplished Twelve thousand
OF the Spanish soldiers are in the hos
pitfalls. The general says further
1--WE fight principally with the detach.
ments moving from city TO city, and we
burn aud deyastate our own plantations
and property everywhere rather than let
revenues and produce therelrom 20 into
the hands OF our enemies. We are de-.
termined 10 sacraiice everything to at
tain our end. With our lands devastated,
our purses empty, without artillery and
with an insuficiency OF arms ana am
paunitiOn to enable us to capture cltY,
we can stand up TO the light as long as
Spain can. :. We have stood lpto II lor
nine years, and our condition, as com.
pared with that OF our enemy, Is better
to-day than II was IN 1868. Spain Is now
more crippled financially aud otherwise |
than she was then. Family dissensions
have bent her down. About year ago |
she borrowed $l5,000,0O0 from, wealthy !
men OF Barcelona, pledgng as security
therefor the Cuban custom houses, froul |
the income OF which the BarcelOnians
have been collecting their interest. Al,
though she got this money 10 aid IN war.
ring against us, yet she needed 1t 50 much |
at home that only about S2.000,0OO has
neeli ueVoseo w ,he ou'sna' p", ~ 49,
the .oan. Al cohs.lus,ee ~ ans o p"iH
lor sA MONTHS Is ouo 'ne opH ,',, S SNm
employees N SuuA, anu '.ie o.uie,e naae
no. receiver any ui9ne y lSr mGa,1 .nrts
teers would desert and Join our army
were 1t not that thee Span,
nh, officers are careful to spread
IN soon ne the Ioin us. Nevertheless, The
later form q considerable and growing
norton OF our forces. The most impor-
fant Enforcement OF the combatan,s
within the last few wears and their re-
suits have been MS follows:
lEWThe hattie ~ Narsnio, two years ago.
wherein with 400 men we defeated 5000
Snaniafds. who lost 800 killed and 800
wounded, our loss being 100 killed and
f50 !, wounded; = the battle OF
La Gaasamus. two aud "a hall
years ago. IN wnlch WV En non Sn no.u
i.,d S"e ,,,ho u,era con,nslled 70 retrea,
and leave on the field 500 men killed, and
500 horsts. our loss being only " kiiled
S..o i, sh wvu. ,nas az" vsr s a~o in which
about 3TjO Of tha Cuban cavalrymcn at
tackled an infantry force of 100 Span.
A.us capiurcu an 'meir aa,nI ,, u,u su
raro,;nm ~ sov r. killed no less than iii
OF their number, while our own loss was
put II Killed anu %ouhueu. v Vol ~, ~,
'.o ~
a.eu upon I.,e usua, Uoi nrm,s IN ""s
TInuI iafeIv every Cubnn made prisoner
was killed, and the mercy now shown
them Is only with the OBJECT OF entlclng
h !,e .s, a.u .',e ,annS y, VIZ 0r o
~ Cnha Was abont / zoo OOO. Including
about 800. 900 Spaniards and 100000 ne.
Rroes. l think 1t has not increased
an u ~, any. s'h'e VIC 'p'''a'"' "''
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