The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-12-31
Still UNSgPPBESSED...
Cuban Insurgents Making Things
Lively for Spanish Troops.
OFFICIAL ADvIoEs MISLEADING


while ofaeiaI Reports Tell Of spanish Vie
tories and .Fleeing Rebeis," but n Is
Generally Believed In Havana That Rsvo-
futianists Are TrIumphantIy Marching On
HAVANA, Dec. si.--There Ia still much
uncertainty regarding the movements Of
the insurgents. According to the official
report they are In full retreat, and 1t has
even been intimated that Gomez was
making for Cienfuegos, province Of Santa
Clara, with the intention of capturing
that seaport. But an announcement made
today would seem to show that Gomez is
/ still In the vicinity Of Jnguey Grande,
south Of Colon and In the province Of Ma,
tAnzas.
lieutenant Colonel Perera, command,
ing the Navarro battalion, numbering
: about $50 men. was engaged With the Inv
surgents near CaliInete, not far from Jar
gucy Grande, on Sunday. The fighting
~ said to have been very fierce, and the
6paniards are reported to have sustained
the fire OF O vastly superior number of in
surgents commanded by Gomez. The
troops are reported to have captured the
insurgent positions and to have obliged
the enemy to divide his forces The in
surgents are said to have lost heavily,
while on the government side only one of
ficer and five soldiers were killed and sixty
wounded.
About an hour after this engagement
the sound Of cannonading was heard In
the direction of the Marie plantation,
about three miles from Calimete. and it is
supposed that Gomez has been engaged
with the Spanish column commanded by
Colonel Molina.
Nn,x,o baa baax. .anafyad Of xs,nvar, to
by the insurgents which would Indicate
that their forces still overrun pretty much
tho whole province Of Matapzas, and they
seem to have an uninterrupted line of
communication clear across the province
and into the southern part OF Santa CLARA
to the westward Of Cienfuegos. They have
burned the village of Guivan, in the Glen
fuegos district, near the coast.
Besides the serious fighting believed to
have occurred near Calimete there Is
force OF insurgents reported to number
1000 moving in the neighborhood Of Ca
marioca, town only about fifteen miles
from the city OF Matanzas, and north OF a
line between Matanzas and Cardenas, and
very near the coast The stations at Caobas
and Cabazas, which arc in the Immediate
neighborhood Of Matanzas and to the
south, have been burned, as well rs the
Cuutueiu Ot tut JOuqutu pihuttttou. Ing
stores In the village of Pedroso, near to
Maeurijes, have also been plundered. Ca
Inarioca is the farthest point north at
which the insurgents have been reported,
and Cabazas is almost on the line Of the
province Of Havana.
1t is believed that the operations that
are being conducted by the insurgents in
Matanzas are much more extensive than
anything yet reported would indicate.
Word has Just been received that Gene
raj Valdez overlook the insurgent bands
of Comes and Maceo at the Marie planta-
tion, where they were found stationed in
an advantageous position. The engage
ment which followed was evidently q hot
one, the insurgent cavalry making vigor-
Gus attacks upon the fianks Of the Span
ish forces. The artillery fire Of the Span
iards proved effective, and the official re-
| port says that the insurgents took flight
in two directions, having been divided by
the assault upon them. They left seven
killed and many arms, and carried away
many wounded.
1t is reported that the Spanish forces
went in pursuit of the flying insurgents
and overlook them at the Caney planta-
ticn. Here the enemy made vigorous
resistance for an hour, but were finally
compelled to retreat, leaving eight killed
and carrying away their wounded, The
troops, it is said, lost seventeen wounded.
1t is further reported that an engage
ment is now in progress at a point between
the villages of Perico Cuevitas and Jovel-
ianos, between General Vandez and the
insurgent forces. Cueyitas, Perieo and
Jovellanos are all in the west northwest
| of Colon, and are from twelve to twenty
miles nearer the city of Matanzas, and
that much more remote from the border
| of Santa Clara than Is the village of Cal
imete, at which point the Spaniards were
said to have first engaged Gomez Sunday
evening.
| In spite of the official report the belief Is
entertained here that the Spanish forces
have again sustained a serious reverse, and
that instead of the insurgents being re-
pulsed aud routed the Spaniards are re-
tiring before their advance. There are
manifestations of grave uneasiness in off,
cial circles, and the belief is prevalent that
the insurgents intend another extensive
ineursion into Matanzas province and
westward towards Havana.