Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-08-20
REVERSES
Still Continue to Dishearten
the Spanish Troops,
While the Insurgents Are EIated Over
Their AccessiCns,
And Large Supplies Of Munitions officers Of
Provisional Government.

| Santiago de Cuba, Aug 10, via Key
West, Fla, Aug. 10 The rebels under
Major General Gomez had an encounter
on the 4th inst. with Spanish troops I'M
der General Mella in Puerto Principe, be
| tween the road from Santiago and the
railroad of Nunvitas. According to the
! Spanish report the rebels had three killed
| The Spaniards also took three prisoners
! They do not report the number of
| wounded. In another encounter where the
| insurgents attacked a convoy that Span
| iards were taking to Guayamaro, on the
| 9Th inst, the rebels had / killed and 40
| wounded. Among the insurgents killed
| they mention Civil Engineer Menocal
bnt this has not been proved officially.
| The Spaniards do not mention their loss in
| either of these engagements. Affairs in
Puerto Principe seem very bad for the
| Spaniards. Great numbers of Cubans
have left the city lately aud Joined the
| rebels. a passenger who arrived here
| yesterday, from Havana, said that few
moments before he sailed from that city
| there was a rumor there that General
| Mella, governor of Puerto Principe had
been killed A captain of artillery will
| leave this city, today, with a company for
| Puerto Principe. He has received orders
| to go Immediately.
The government has officially acknowl-
edged the landing of two large expedi-
tions, one of Seratin Sanco and Roloff.
with 255 men, 1000 muskcts and $50, 600
cartridges, and the other of MAYA
Rodriguez, who served the whole 10 years
of the first war. The news of the land
| ing of these expeditions has disheartened
the SpaniaIds very much and eniivened
the Cubans greatly,
| On the night of the Sth inst, party of
insurgents under Joaquin Planas set fire
| to the Moron station of the American
| Railway, completely destroying it, and
having slight skirmish with soldiers
| that were in the forts. On the Sth inst
an encounter took place in Zacatecas, near
this city. The Cubans lost four killed
and seven wounded, and the Spaniards
six killed and IS wounded, among the
| latter lieutenant.
| Gen. BartoloIne Maso has been pro
claimed provisional President of the re
public of Cuba; the Marquis of Santa
Lucia, minister of the interior; Gen
| Maxine Gomez, Vice President of the re
public and minister of war; Gonzalo de
| Quessde, secretary of foreign relations,
with residence in the United States; Gen
| Antonio Maceo, general in chief of the
Cuban army; Gen. Jose Maceo, com
| mander of the eastern army, with Pedro
Porez, Capote and Angel Guerra Rabi
as generals of brigade
According to official report from Gen.
Antonio Maceo, Is regiments of 500 men
| each have been organized In the eastern
district of Cuba, 5000 of which are
cavalry, General Maceo says that 1000
men are we'll armed with Remingtons,
Winchesters and Maussers, 5000 with
machetes, revolvers and short firing
| weapons, and the rest with machetes only,
the troops being all i'll very good spirits
Gen. Gomez has been informed that he
has 1000 men in Puerto Principe and
5000 in Las Villas 1t Is said that DR..
Castillo will he appoined diplomatic agent
of the Cuban republic at Washington and
Mexico