New-York tribune., 1895-12-06
IS 1T THE DECISIVE BAITLE'
FORCES OF GOMEZ AND MACEO SAID AZ
HAVE NET BAD DEFEAT.
THEIR CAMP CAPTURED AND MEN FLhhi"'
GIL GONZALES EXECUTED-A LARGE ENrH
DITIoN LEAVES JAMAICA-cAsE OF
ALLEGED FIIIBUsTERS AGAIN

DITIoN LEAVES JAMAICA-cAsE OF
ALLEGED FILIBUsTERs AGAIN
CONTINUED.
Havana Dec Son December 2 the Spans" .a ov
umns under the command OF Generals Naiue ~
Navarro numbering 1850 men. had an engaseNl."
with the united nsurgent forces OF Maxine uo"Ie" m
and Maceo, which have formed junc'io" III M
forma between Las Villas and Camagues' ~
rebels who were 1900 strong. lost large ""''
of killed and wounded. The Spanish uooP' "r
tured the rebel camp and pursued the hsui e'''9
Traderos. ,,
In the reports of the battle received here speca'
mention is made OF the valorous conduct oil '"'
English officers Lieutenant Winston ChurchlN' SD''
of the late Lord Randolph Churchiil, ana i'eu'e''
ant Barnes both Of the Fourth Hussars oi u
British Army. who recently Jo'neu '"e 'p
forces in Cuba
In the rebel camp was found a number OF doc",
ments pertaining to the Government Of the so-caNu
Cuban Republic. The Spanish troops were rem
forced by General Adecoa with his coi'i"aau'
bringing their number up TO 1900 men, an" '"'
force followed the retreating rebes.
EMBARRASSING FOR CHURCHILL If lhIH'
London. Dec. 5--'The Daily News" in its issue TO-
morrow. viii say: "If 1t is true that Winston he','-
ard Churchill Of the late Lord Randolph Chur-"-
ILL., has shared with the Spanish troops in CUBA IN
fight agains; the rebels. it may lead to emparrasS
ment as he holds eutenants commission IN me
British army. He obtained leave Of abserce IN oo'o-
ber and started to spend his holidays in making
tour of the West Indies.
Washington. Dec 5.-The Spanish Minister Seno'
D,puy de LONE to-day received a dispatch irO'l
Havana announcing that the combined forces OIL
Naceo and Gomez had been met by the SpahSs
troops under Suarez Valdez and Garcia Navarro
bet " cen Ciebo de AVila and Jicotea: Ihe rerIs
fed eastward closely followed by both spthah
commands as well as the forces OF General AideOd,
The Minister SAYS this dispatch leaves no room ~
doubt that the MaceO and Gomez forces nave Jolhe9
outside OF the Santa Clara district and dispOses ol
the rumor fhat they were marching on MatliiIa1r- -,
Madrid Dec "a dispatch from Havana 10 III
ImDarcial" says that Gil Gonzales the rebel leader'
who was recently captured and tried by court-fhdr-
tial was shot at MatanZas yesterday morning
II. Imparcials" special dispatch from havana
SAYS that I'm the fighting which took place near
Santa Clara yesterday the rebel general Maoeo
vanguard lost twenty-nine killed or wounded most
Of them being shot while retreatinS. NeVertheIess
II IS rumored that Maceo Is continuing to advance
Kingston, Jamaica, Dec. 5-The largest cuban eA,
petition that left Jamca has been ofGanlzeu
here. and II is expected that the party VIII nave
sailed within about two days An English warsihP
left yesterday To cruise In waters on the norh
side of this island. -
Nassau, y. p, Dec. The case of the twenty-one
alleged Cuban ilibusters. who were arrested az
Inogua Bahamas and brought here by the Brtlsh
Cunboat Partridge. charged with violations OF the
British Foreign Enlistment Act. was called again
to-day. hut continued until December y, owing
to the absence Of material witnesses.