Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-22
BILLED FOURTEEN INSURGENTS.
Spanish Troops Gain n victory over
the Cubans.


HAVANA, March 2l.-Lieutenant Colonel
Frances, in operating against Cayajabos,
| province of Pinar del Rio, first opened fire
upon the insurgents position and then
charged with the bayonet and dislodged the
enemy, who left fourteen killed and had
many wounded. The troops lost seven killed
and had three officers and forty-four ~privates
wounded.
Major Sirugeda, reconnoitering in the vi
cinity of Managua. this province, engaged
the insurgents at Menocal. The insurgents
lost several killed on the field.
The column of troops under General Bernal
later had a skirmish with the same band,
and as a result seven more Of the insurgents
of the leaders, was wounded in the head,
The column Of troops formed by the Asia
battalion afterward destroyed the insurgent
camp and killed three more of the enemy.
Only three soldiers were wounded.
The guerrilla forces of Santa Clara province
have surprised, near Cruces, the insurgent
band under the leadership Of Aulet, and
killed four Of them, among them being
Perez, the second insurgent leader in com
mand of that band. The troops also cap
tured two prisoners, and their loss was only
two killed.
The column Of troops composed of the
Barcelona battalion of Santa Fe, province
of Matanzas. has had a skirm!eh with the
ktlllo, dIu liiiiiNNN' tiN"t U.s. "fOh N"N
latter. Three soldiers were killed.
General Prats has been engaged with the
insurgents under Garcia and Sanguilly, and
has killed two of them and destroyed their
camp.
The troops commanded by Colonel Molina
have captured an insurgent. The insurgent
captured turned out to be quite an important
prisoner, as he furnished the Spanish officer
with all the details of the flibustering expe-
dition which landed at Varadara, near Carde-
mas where the trOODS seized three boats
loaded with arms and ammunition intended
for the insurgents.
Tuste, an insurgent leader who recently
surrendered at Sagua lie Grande, is now i'm
prisoned at Cumen and is charged with a
number Of crimes.
Ricardo Guell, another insurgent leader,
has been killed in an engagement with the
Spanish troop near Placetas, Santa Clara.
The insurgents recently attacked the vii
lige of Juan Lopez, near Mantau, province Of
Pinar del Rio, with the intention of captur-
ing a convoy Of provisions. The armed
steamer Praviano, commanded by Lieutenant
Prado, shelled the insurgents and the sailors
and marines opened a brisk fire on the
enemy, with the result that the insurgents
were driven away with heavy loss.
The insurgents in Pinar del Rio are re-
ported to be suffering from lack of food and
ammunition and every other kind of sup
plies.
The insurgent leader Castillo, who was
wounded recently in an engagement with the
troops, is dead.
Eleven men arrested on the charge of con-
spiracy, have arrived here in custody. A
agua-Guanajay train, near Seborucal, was
compelled to stop and eventually to put
back, as it was found the culverts of the
road had been destroyed and that twelve
lengths of rails had been removed.
An artillery soldier, named Montanes, was
shot this morning outside the walls, his
regiment forming three sides of a square
around the spot where he was executed.
Colonel Vicuna at Poca Plea, province of
Matanzas, has been engaged with the in
surgents under Aguilara. The enemy left
six killed and ten rifles on the field.
A numerous band of insurgents under
Garcia recently called upon the garrison of
the village of Rogue consisting of thirty men
to surrender, but the troops made a gallant
defense. and repulsed the enemy with a loss
of sixteen killed. One soldier was killed
and five wounded. Another insurgent band
in the same neighborhood tried to capture
the village of Cuba, but they were repulsed
with a loss Of seven killed and twenty
wounded. The troops two killed and seven
unupla1