The sun., 1896-03-14

amid a network OF railroads guarded by Span
i.h troops, This was the place where Gen;
as a newspaper OF the ca pitai that drew It's III.
formation from official sources hnd previously
others The Ss0 resr hGEfS m The The March
His strategy consisted In series of >igzag
movements, almost always ,,t, from ca east TO west,
continuing the f' advance, While his column
off the track and defeat them in detail. Gen,
Gomez made rapid flank movement with 500
t9 the village of Rogue where the
on the Sad the railroad from car,eHas arc. 4, to %
reached the village of Cciisco, which was at,
made by its inhalitants. The main body Of the
.Hlmn :HSlumn and and the baggage ga were were marching ,i,in
" Which M s% drew %S IN ns Of Ga,te
and opened fire. The fight lasted for an hour,
and the ensmy WAS checked. IN spite Of the
200 Cuban horsemen at most against 1900
Spanish Infantry: From the .4th to the
emys e Country. % back into into the district OF ciem-
fusgos and then into Matanzas.
was fought with the spanlards formo in three
squares. One OF these was broken. the men cut
down with machotcs, the greater number re.
the nn hGr srded thu ba
march was continued, Tho Cubans were again
S guard by y su"rex @ % %"ldes. The cuban 10 loss in
The three 0Ehts amounted cunt to t'fty,ssyen & mSn, ,h
road from Matanaas was destroyed, under the
Vent It. The march continued through tho dis
trict OF Matnnsas, and at the ,lose OF 1898 the
months. had carried it's banners through tho
noble district Of Las Villas md part Of ose.
Ssts the army hoping to SeTn the ns% sS, wear
was openel with a skirmlsh with the enemy a,
behind a stone wall the cavalry could not
charge him with its machetes; but the infan.
oss Ths result Of the brush @
as # threw open the entrance into tho dtstrict
on the next two days number of small
bodies Of the enemy surrendered. giving the
insurgents 200 rifles and 4 500 cartridges. They
inrds. who did not stir. On the 4th they crossed
railroad from Batabann to Havana, and
tore it up knE the rot aTs of r nd de Hs ds
Three thousand rifles and 10000 cnrtriives
"hsn set At Asr
received them with enthusiasts cheers. The
of the The psSps IN a S %
tridTss: At Celba del Aqua 2io, more rifles
continued to Pinar del Rio. At Ifoyo Colo;
RADIO the town declared for the revolution. and
gave up their arms. Here news was received
from Havana that the panic caused by the
invasion had brought about concentration
OF the troops under the expectation OF an at
tack on the town. and that Gen. MARTINEZ Cam
pos WAS dismayed at seeing all his military
of January. outside the town Of lIoyo Colorado.
u great parade OF all the forces of the army
OF liberation uni united there took place They
In accordance with the new plans of operation
the forces then separated. Con. Gomez with
rest. under Gen. Maceo. continued to advance
toward Pinnr del Rio. The advance guard on
night could make out the li1hts OF Havana.
Gen Maceo took this step In order to distract
AlaceO advanced To the shores OF BuraCOa on
the Sth; there the enemy fired on his rear
tackled. Mac.o marched On past NIarel fol-
lowed by large body OF srniards under Gen: !
Garcia Gar s,or Navarro: h At mist1frl NJ m ae,yy
ballas, the garrison Of which surrendered in
spite OF the presence Of Spanish cruis Civ
San Diego de Nuhas surrendered without re:
ssstance. us did Bahia HONDA on the ! lth. and
landed in 1851. Tie Here the the pier and some build:
had been reinforced by 200 Spanish infantry
the nsurrcction Maceo refraincd from attack
capital. The nature, OF the ground in this
province Is tteriy unlike the rest OF the island.
Instead OF fields o. cane and palm trees II is |
covered with pine woods and the mountains |
with underbrush, having but little tropical |
The grea,er par; q tho innabi;
the effects OF the slavery due to the colonial |
rule.
dreadful roads over rough, steep mountain |
ridge which only Cuban horses could traverse.
Within two miles of the town the scouts dis
read Int ttnli .lttt,t al
18th the army marched around the city with !
banners displayed PLAYING the hymn Of the in.
twenty one guns. which did no damage. 4
sally was made by the garrison. but was beaten
back after an obstinate fight lasting two hours
field of battle and losing Forty five mules. The
Cubans los, twelve men kilel and forty nine
wounded. among the former Col. Pelr, Ramoz
of the Cespedes regiment Information from
the town put the Spanish loss at 400. Naceo
RY nTay force sS is n S e nd1
Garcia. Navarro. and IuGue. an. on the 10Th Of
January there was fight in San Luis in which
ground. occupying very strong position. The
fire Of the spaniards was not effective. and
withdrawal of the Spaniartls On the 22d OF
January Maceo at last reached Mantua. the
westernmost town, Of the island. the goal OF
the campaign of invasion to the west. The
town authorities formally declared their nd.
hcs'on TO the revolution and tbs. Alcalde was
trtc,. II was from Mantua on Jan. ~ that this
account of the expedition was sent by Gen.
Miro. MarrO's chief Of staff.
The brilliant success of the expedition is due
TO the rapidty OF tho marches and the splen-
did physical condition of the men. who were In
the saddle for sixteen or eighteen hours day
during u whole month. The fianking parties,
acting at great distances. We're very effective In
the Mntanzas and Colon districts, acting often
independently of the main body. The political
tact shown by Gems. tOInez and MnceO has
greatly nided the revolutionary cause, con
vertng into active sympathi7ers very many
persons of Spanish origin who were previously
hostile. Whole districts inhabited by uuconi-
promising Spauiards have declared themselves
for the principles of the revolution. on be
coming convinced of the purity OF the Cuban
ideal and seeing the honest behavior of the
army. In the province of I'lnnr d.l Rio,
known rs the black continent. many Asturan..
formerly hostile have accepted Office under
che republic and are contributing to its cause.
Tho army was well provided for during the
campaign; in the rapid marches IN Cieafucgus
and MatAnzaS, 10000 remounts were OBJ
tanned and the troops We're clothed anew. The
Cuban losses were. in all. 30 killed. q: whom
IL were superior offlcors and 10. officers. and
20 officers and 30 privates wounded. At pres
ent the Cuhans have 1000 men under arms.
There is no doubt that Gen. MARTINEZ Canpos
made gigantic efforts to prevent the passage
or Maceo into the provinces of Las Villas ana
Occldente, and that his military plans were
well conceived. Uismayeti as he was after tho
nnht at Coiiseo at seeing al his efforts useless