The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-26
Spanish Army Discouraged In the
Mar Against the Insurgents.
cuBANs CONFIDENT AND HOPEFUL.
Gomez, this Insurgcnt Leader, Still
Threatening na yana.
THE ARREST or AN AMERICAN
Priest or the Revolutionary Committee
Caught at Mcrash with Imports
ant Correspondence.


by tho Associated Prese.) -.Further de-
tails reached hero today from Montsatlun
of the rand advance OF tho insur,.rnt
,,,. =, 80 nna ,,,a,, ,.,,tah d, orh,t,,s a..
"i"' " ''.'' ' "''N' 20 "e...s e, 10
way through the province OF Shnth Siaih
md into the province OF Manhattan In
sntta ~ finn .rynrtu M r.,,ain General
'piNv VI W." 49, = "a "p - ~,
posal In tho territory travcrsed and iu-
v,a.d
.
ihc teporua na'tie ses'oio"y pe'"ee"
| the Spaniaris under Campos and the In
| sursen,s nj coIlbeo plantation, seventeen
~, -. <,.,,,,, ~. ~, ,,,,,,.. 4,
| h'uoS i'"'' N"'uen'sf Noeo nv "pp.a'
| ,,,.iora. a, :, .,,,or, ,,it, an i,nnort.nt
pi'N" ipr '"p"' VI '.p""' WV it"'"""''''
| and IL only twcnty-one miles From Matnh-
| ynr capitnl of the PROVINCE OF that Name
| a,d Ia ,ho ioreeat ,o,x, l,ntveen ,sartiauaq
"nu " 'ue ""kss' 'o"' ~ 49, W, Wv.
| ana HAVANA me spanish ioices 40 hot
| nnnear 10 have encountered the main
| "a. -, no ,,,,,,,.,,,nts n. aonounc,1 rh,
nVus v. Wv ',.s. .,,,.,,,t',,, ,.,,,,,,., -
| heht NJ INC '"''SVV pi"'''''"" 'o'"N'" "
| portion OF the northern column OF the
| threc ins,,ruent columns now ,n.hlnr.
| n.,.,,,.., ~, ,.,..,.t,.., -, ,,s,,,,' 49,,
'"Foush t"o P.oNioNe Oh M"'ana"s a'u
| tho spaniarls tho reault of the enunro-
Wv opa'''''u'' ~ 'es'' W wy '.
| mont was a uieat Tor Nanpos iotcea.
| for the Cuban army pushed on and was
,,nc,,o,,,,cd nud Ga am n,vnrc,nv nr H..
a,,,. ,rl,o nsh,i,,r ,,s,, 49,, a,,,, ,,,,,,,p,
Guy Ane hS"''"s wv" p''Vo a'''i' u"' nv"
| cane, sugar WOOD TAU gtats ana trees.
| mo insurRenta were surrounded by walls
| OF names ana thV hinuNe Wns 10 uoH.u oN",
| eortnin portions oil the greunu contested
| That me tubHhs, unnnr 10 see ohch olhrl.
| kept hrinG az opeh spaces, Washing Nhlu-
abe ammunition ~ ~ true tnnt ihls M
| discriminating ming WAS more noticeable
| upon the part OF the troops than on the
side OF the INSURGENTS nut tor one innHt-
gSnt Killed AZ ,ast ITV Fno1s must nnVe
| customary tactics, seemed 20 melt away
into ,he distance as soon ns me ugops
| gpt IN shooting disthnc" or theni anu
| nearly all the nring waa at very long
range.
IA the hsutsents heiV snn tspa ,,'.''., IN
| cheek while tho Cuban army pushSu oii
southwark the result was renpy imam
victory. Tho captain Eoncfai ws,A ~ IN, ~"
front thronghout tne f'a'ti" cns""i"s'hh
Tho correspondent OF Correspondence
Manuel Escohnr was uetnlHt'n on wv
hcid Of bat,lo ny we oaPsa'n ss oa mama
de- Va Mora and II may be anleu NY.
several other newspe!e i,,,,s NJ,
wanainlng With the captain general under
fire cBmpoB Ecenis 10 have q suptehe
contempt for the bullets OF Inc insu Va
nire their taotlpa
I'm spitc of nl the veteran Spanish Svi',-
msnder docs tho tubane Hto rn ,.n,,V,ta.unH'.
hero ana there aud bo se,-nr 10 be unable
tr get ahead OF them IN order 10 ur""
them into H. pitched battle.
rs hcn Canipos establishes hcsldpnaifera
ana laws ont u plan of battle the tunans
seem by come mysterious means 10 , n,1'
OF it, aud pretending ia fall INTO the tIhp,
thrV pnah IL body OF mcn forward bkir-
mish with tho troops. draw tho SpaillAi
forces upon thom aud then the Cuban
army proper uutfmnha TN" Srhnietua hnu
nughrs steadily onward inwarda Havana {.
lrhc admirers of the rapthin general ciaimi
innt ho Is amply playing with the insur-
gents and Is allowing them TO get nearer
| 70 Havana with the int,sntiou OF eventual :
IN falling upon them IN tho rear. ana scar =
tcrtuu thcm 10 All the points Of tho COM
noss This rounds plausible enough, bul
,hn insurgents are destroying all bridges.
railways and plantations behind tnen..
me ro,ite they hnve followed Is murkcd
by IA bnckencd swit,h of smokinB r'nhs
n1d d,,sointiou and the spaniaisls VIII
have A. pjtlful task to push on after tn"ir
enemy .,,
within two weeks Chnlpos nas un AZ, ~
n,fuogos from Cienfungos to i'ninilins,
,,,,n poin,Ilias 10 Colon: from Colon to
Invallensi, from Jovnllonsi TO t.lmonnri,
"a from ilmonari TO cimnhhuara, whore
~ 49, siani Inst night An these changes
~ ,,o =, :. ii,act noforc tho enemy This seems
,m'phhn ~ secret pf the failure Of the Span
. , y, a ~ rhoek ths advance OF tho Gu
INNS.
Al this dispatch II sent tine 'Npo, VIZ
~ 10 ,lA