The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-13
First Battle I'm Cuba Directed Per-
sonalIy by the Captain GEN.
eraI of the Island.
FIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS
CUBAN POSITION STORMED AND
TAKEN WITH A BAYONET CHARGE.
General EchaGue. and sixty of His
Spanish Subordinates Wounded
and Six Men Killed.

HAVANA Nov 12-The following details
have been received from the front of the
capture of the insurgent positions in the
mountains of El Rubi. province of Pinar del
Rio, by the forces under the command of
Captain General Weyler: The operations
began on Monday last The plan of the
captain general was to advance on the in
surgent position with his forces divided
into three columns General MuneZ, at the
head of six battalions of all arms, entered
the mountainous district by Manuelita.
General Echague. with four battalions from
Artenisa, entered the mountains by way
of Cayajabo, while Colonel Segura, with his
column, advanced from Soroa on the en-
emy's position. Captain General Weyler.
with the Rena Castillo America, BARGE
Iona and Puerto Rico battalions and six
field pieces, pushed forward from Marietta
in order to attack the insurgent front and
cover the possible outlet from the noun
tains. The insurgents believed they held
strong positions, and they undoubtedly
then occupied the points most favorable for
defense. General Echague, advancing from
Artemisa towards Cayajabo and thence in
to the mountains, had the better road, and
his troops were the first to engage the
emy. After sustaining a sharp fire, these
troops captured the insurgent positions in
the pass at the south entrance of the
mountains. AT daylight on Tuesday the
troops of General Echague were reinforced
by the column commanded by General
Aguillas, and the combined forces at the
point of the bayonet captured in succession
all the insurgent positions. The enemy de-
Tended his works with tenacity. but the
Spanish troops succeeded in occupying the
heights Of Ell Rubi. the principal insurgent
defense in the vicinitv of the military line.
1t is believed that the greater part of the
insurgents in the province of Pinar del Rio
took part in this engagement. The Spanish
troops lost six men killed and had General
iftv-fomr Soldiers Wounded. The insur-
gents left seven men killed on the field.
Their actual loss Is not known. General
actual lighting was over. During the en-
gagement quite shower of bullets fell
over General Weyler and his staff. where
upon somebody expressed anxiety as to the
safety of the captain general. To this the
latter replied; The bullet which will KIN
other wounded have arrived here. He was
received by General Leono, who. after en-
bracing him. asked after his health. Cen
Echague replied II am doing tolerably
well under the circumstances
The insurgents have attacked the town
of Camarioca, in the province of Matanzas.
ftlltI uliHS Ou lit pldCt lOT i've HOuTS.
the fire being returned by the garrison,
the enemy retreated, leaving four men
killed on the field. plundering the stores
burning several houses and wounding a
woman.
A dispatch from Matanzas to-day says
that ten persons who were imprisoned
there on political charges have been re-
leased.
The insurgents have destroyed, with the
use of dynamite. the bridges at Calderon
province of MatanZas, at about the time
a prisoner train was due to cross IL.
| Later accounts from General Weyler's
| field of operations say that the insurgents
| encampment in the mountains of Rub and
| $50 dwellings lately abandoned have beer
| destroyed and the household effects scat
| tered through the woods.
An epidemic of fever and smallpox IL is
| reported. prevails in the insurgents camp
and amongst families, causing great NOR.
tality. many as five or six members of a
| family having died from the epidemic
The well-known insurgent leader Perico
| Delgado. is said to have been seriously
| wounded in the early part of the month
and is recovering at Rubi, having been
carried thither by the insurgents.
| Maceo and the other insurgent leaders are
| now In the mountain retreats, and the
| Spanish columns are continuing their COM
| bined movements against them in pursu-
/ ance of General Weylers plan.