The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-05-01
|CUBAN PATRIOTS ROUTED
The Insurgents Fought Desperately,
But Were Overwhelmed.
REVOLUTION REPORTED ENDED.

/ Pitched Battle in Which the Rebels
Were Severely Defeated by the Spanish
Regulars-The Insurgents Have Now
Lost Most OF Their Important Leaders
Arms and Ammunition Captured.
A cablegram from Havana says: Cuba's
cause Is lost. Crombet lies on the battlefield
Of Palmarito and Maceo Is in chains. In
desperate battle the insurgents were defeated
and several officers were killed. Others were
captured. The Spanish authorities, as soon
as the news was received, fastened to post 1t
on their bulletins, and the loyalists In Hav-
ana celebrated the ending Of tho revolution.
There will, Of course, be some flibustering
| parties, but without Crombet and Maceo
there can be no real war.
General La Chaubres who commands the
Government troops in Santiago province,
| reports that q body Of Spanish troops and
| volunteers attacked a band OF insurgents
at Palmarito. The rebel forcss amounted to
little more than 1000 men, while that OF the
| Spaniards was about 5000.
A desperate battle followed. The fighting,
according to official reports, lasted about two
| retreated. They were pursued by the Spanish
| troops, and Maceo was captured. His Secre-
| tary was also taken, and all the personal and
private papers of General Maceo were con-
| hscated.
Flor Crombet, Maceo's chief adviser, was
| killed on the battlefield. It was he who was
| chiefly instrumental in organizing the Pro-
visional Government at Guatanaro. The
| insurgents fought desperately against odds:
Tla0 ;ah al Hidninlinn6 md
| resisted with remarkable courage the on
slaughts of the rebels.
Maceo and his army had been In the noun
tains, and their scouts had been on the look
| out for tho Spanish. It Is supposed that the
number OF soldiers was underestimated by
these emissaries. The rebels confidently
rushed down the mountain side and endeav-
| ored to engage the troops in hand-to-hand
conflict. SPANS regulars waited until the
| insurgent army was close at hand aud then
poured in its volley with deadly effect. A
| number Of Cuban officers, one OF whom was
| Colonel, were killed.
The main body Of insurgents lost eleven
more conspicuous members after the fight.
| The band fed by General Perez, which was
defeated and pursued by the regulars, took
refuge In the mountains. The Government
| Is sending out new columns in all directions
| in the disaffected districts to disperse the
insurgent bands and hunt down the fugitives.
A large quantity Of insurgent arms and
ammunition was captured, and numerous
letters that had passed between the insur-
| gent leaders were seized.
Maceo was leader Of the rebel forces with
| Gomez during the last revolution. Though
| but a youth, he achieved considerable dis
| tinction. At the outbreak OF the last revolu-
| ton Maceo landed at Puerto de Baracoa on
March 81. With him were the following
officers OF the rebel army:
Brigadier-General Flor Crombet, Colonel
Augustin Cebreco, Colonel Patrice Corona,
Frank Agramonte, Pedro Duverger, Jose
| Marti, Juan Justiser, Joaquin Sanchez, Jorge
Estrada, Adolfo Pena, Domingo Guzman,
Jose Palacio, Jesus Maria Santana, Albert
Boy, Luis Carmel, Manuel Ganda, Juan
Limonta, Isidoro Noriega, J. L. Garyey, Sill
yerio Sanchez and Luis Soler.
Maceo's fate Is known in advance. It
would be far better for him II he had been
killed, as was Crombet, than to be brought
to Havana and put in Moro Castle. He
will be kept there for some time and then
possibly he will have mock trial. It Is Just
as certain as anything can be that be WILL be
garroted.
Calleja, Captain-General Of Cuba, is highly
pratifled that the revolution has been put
down without the aid Of Campos's troops.
ssWhen you Americans see how easily we can
crush the rebels here In the island without
the aid OF home troops, or with only y few Of
them, You will realize that the amount oi
Anarchistic sentiment in this island has been
exaggerated greatly" he said. "Teu your
people that CubG Is loyal to Spain"
He said he had official information tina,
the Spanish loss was small, while the rebels
had met with overwhelming defeat.