The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-25
1.-THE CALL" HEREWITH SUBSCR|BES $4,000.

Levato, numbering in all $500, and with
heavy field battery, made an attack at
daybreak. They fought with desperate
vigor, but the insurgents had the advan-
tage of the position and also well-placed
battery, and caused terrible slaugh-
ter. The Insurgents had taken their
position on short range of hills, mile
from Dos Caminos, and had the fu II sweep
OF the plain and valley below. In the first
charge the Spaniards lost nearly 300 men
and had to abandon several of their field
guns. They then entrenched themselves
in the valley and during the afternoon
made another attack.
They fought their way into the heart of
the Cuban camp and succeeded in blowing
UP several calssons. The rebels outnum-
bered them, re-enforcements having been
received from Sabinicia, and attacked
them in desperate fury. The Spanish
fought with wonderful courage, but num-
bers told and they were soon in retreat.
The Cuban battery was trained on the
fleeing troops and moved them down by
scores. The insurgents, however, did not
keep up the chase, as the Spanish losses
were in large numbers. The total Spanish
loss was over 800 men, while the rebel loss
could not have been more than one-quar-
ter of that amount.
Another dispatch brings intelligence of
the opening of the insurgent campaign in
the west. The insurgents are now concen-
trating the entire portion of their army,
with the exception of that holding San
tiago de Cuba, in the direction of Hav ana.
As result two of the regiments which
had been ordered to 90 to the relief of the
garrison at Santiago have been recalled.
Workmen are at work night and day on
the fortresses and every preparation is be-
ing made for any sudden attack. Railroad
service in the east has been practically sus-
pended, as the rebels are constantly
placing mines at different points while
attempts to blow up trains by means of
bombs are of daily occurrence. A train
carrying stores was blown up on the 18th
and twenty men killed. The rear car was
filled with powder, and the explosion was
terrific, the unfortunate men being blown
to atoms.
The country people have now practically
deserted their farms and have focked into
the city, as both sides are committing the
worst acts of depreciation.
General Campos has taken strict meas
ures and has ordered that If any of his SOL
diery are caught stealing from the natives
they shall be shot. This is thought
to be only one of his moves in order to
secure moral support from the native who
are engaged in agricultural pursuits, as he
has lost nearly all control over his men.
Reports state that an engagement took
place on the 18th inst. at Matanzas, in
which the rebels suffered severe set
back, losing over 200 men. General Silva
was killed and 800 prisoners were taken.
COLON, COLUMBIA, Oct. 24.-Senor Bora,
an influential native of the Isthmus of
Panama, is pressing the Government to
recognize the Cuban insurgents as bel
Ggerents.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL, Oct. 24.-The
Sailors and Soldiers Association of Nc
Lean County held an annual reunion
to-day. One of the speakers was
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, who de-
clared the United Stated should annex
Canada, Hawaii and Cuba, and that the
stars and stripes should float over all the
territory from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Arctic Ocean. He also said that the
United States should Immediately recog-
nize Cuba as a belligerent.