Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-07-09
READS LIKE SPANI2.y, SO |S.
The Cuban hsurgsE< Getting the
VvS Il
At Every Turn, According to the
Havana Despatch An Entirely
New Face Put Upon the Ambus-
cade Into Which the Spanish
Forces Were Drawn by the IN
surgents-Stories Of Other Recent
Battles.

Havana, July S.-Major Sanchez re-
ceived information to the effect that a
force Of 1,5OO insurgents, under the
command of Rabi, had occupied strong
positions near Manzanillo, province of
Santiago de Cuba. Consequently the
major sent kilograms to his superior
officer, Colonel Azuar, proposing to the
colonel that they should join their
forces and make an attack upon the in
surgents. The messenger, however, fell
into the hands of the insurgents, who
hanged him and sent word to Major
Sanchez, in the name Of Colonel Azuar,
to make an attack upon the inswgent
position from a point which compelled
the troops to approach the insurgents
through a narrow thoroughfare.
/ Major Sanchez recognizing the diff
Guilty of the movement he was appar-
| emily directed by his colonel to eXecutA
sent forward two advance pickets of
/ twelve and thirty men respectively, un-
der the command Of two sergeants with
| instructions to push forward to the
| right and to the left of the narrow thor
! OUghfare referred to and to be careful
| 10 take up advantageous positions
from which they could protect the ad-
| vance Of the main body of the troops
under Sanchez's command.
The sergeants cleverly followed out
I fhn p fhnrn NIlinr
| Sanchez then
ADVANCED CAREFULLY
upon the insurgent position, protecting
( his men by every inequality OF the
| ground. But, as he expected, the
| troops were no sooner inside the detile
| than the insurgents attacked them in
| force. The first charges of the insT-
! gents were made with enthusiasm and
their machetes played havoc among tha
| troops, who were hemmed in and un-
| able to depl0y on account of the mar
row road they had to follow.
! But it was here that the two advance
pickets under the two Sergeants came
| to the rescue From their elevated pO-
sitiOn they kept up a continuous well di-
/ rected fire upon lue insurgents within
range, and eventually, assisted by a
! charge Of the Spanish troops, compelled
| them TO reteat outside of the defle. The
! insurgents then sought refuge ina strong
| position they hadpreviously left in order
to attack the troops, but the soldiers
| carried this position and put the enemy
to flight, with the loss upon the field of
/ 260 killed. The troops lost thirty men
in killed and wounded
II was at first reported that the insur-
gents were commanded by General Ma
Geo, but it was subsequently learned
| that they We're under the command of
| Rabi alone. and that NIaceO took no part
in the engagement.
IN ANOTHER FIGHT
reported from Veguila the insurgents
under Rabi lost five killed and many
wounded, while on the side Of the troops
one officer and four soldiers were wound
ed.
News of another defeat Of the insur-
! gents has reached here from Belle
Amotas, in the province Of Santa Clara.
| Belle AmOtas was garrisoned by an
officer and fifty soldiers who occupied
a fortified barrack building. The place
was attacked by the insurgents under
/ AdcLlllO. 4AC NAfAA. AAAle q 4tlA 90 4Ai K
i TO windward. and the flames cCmmuni-
Gated to that building. The insurgent
! leader then sent word to the officer in
/ command of the garrison the soldiers
| forming part of the Union battalion,
/ notifying him to surrender under pain
/ of being burned alive with his men.
The officer sent word 10 Castillo in re-
ply that he preferred to die fighting or
to be burned to death than surrender
to the insurgents In the meantime
| the soldiers succeeded in eNtinguishing
| the flames. which threatened 10 con-
sumo the barracks and while they were
| doing so. the remainder of the garrison
kent I'D a continuous fire from their
rifles on the insurgents. The latter re-
/ piled from every point, but the garri-
son held out gallantly for two hours.
| The news of the insurgents attack had
| I'm the meanwhile been communicated
tn q detachment of Spanish soldiers in
the neighbOrhood and they pushed for
ward with all possible speed to the re-
lief of the garrison of Belle Amotas.
The moment they reached that place,
q brisk fire was opened upon the IN
surgents. and the latter
IMMEDIATELY RETIRED,
leaving many dead and wounded on
the field. On the side of the troops
only three men were killed and four
wounded.
The insurgents have burned n church
near Banao. in the Santa Espiritus dis
trict of the province Of Santa Clara.
Captain General MARTINEZ de Campos
has left Plazetes for Santa Espiritus.
Twenty-nine persons have been sent
to the Island of PinOs for participating
in political conspiracies.
BIG DELEGATIONS EXPECTED.
Boston. July S.-Tbe Reception Com
mtttees of the Christian Endeavor con-
vention received their assignments to-
dav. Tomorrow the first of the big
delegations are expected, when the En-
| deqyors from Michigan. 600 strong. and
! the PENNSYLVANIA State delegation,
numbering 1000. viii arrive.
A BIG SALE OF BONDS.
philadelphia. Pa, July st was an
nounced this afternoon that the Penn
svlvania Railroad Company has placed
Gu, Of han LorS i'm I,0uQOn