The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1896-03-07
LATEST FROM CUBA.
Dispatches Received by Minister
Dupuy De LONE
In REGARD TO RECENT EsslsEKEHTS
They Would Seem to Indicate the Prog.
ress Of an Active Campaign on she
Part Of the Spanish. But
Are Doubtless Colored.

WASHINGTON. March 5.--Gen. Weyler
has sent the following telegram to the
Spanish minister herei
HAVANA, March A band Of about
200 men burned, yesterday. house in.
habited in Guanajuai, Habana, and
was dispersed by column which ar.
rived after seeing the fire.
Gen. Aldecoas column met about
i,5OO insurgents who were in position
on the heights surrounding Nazareno,
the town held by Maceo, with the rest
OF his band. The town was captured
aud the rebels dislodged from their
positions, being followed by the
troops toward the mountains of Naivo
and suffering the fire OF our artillery.
Our lost were lieutenant killed, four
soldiers and one scout wounded and
three privates slightly wounded.
The enemy left In the field one killed
and, according to the reports of tho
cattle ranchers, they carried many
killed and wounded on horseback. The
column of Lieut.. Col Molina found the
retreatlng vanguard of the enemy In
San Antonio Vega, wounding two OF
them and dispensing It. Continuing
the pursuit in the road to Nazareno he
met again the bulk of the band, killing
eight and wounding many and cap.
turing arms and ammunition.
Col. Tort, in Guara, met 100 men OF
the Masso band, which were going to
meet Maceo. They were dispersed,
losing two men, who remained in the
field. The column had four wounded.
The enemy in its retreat burned some
cane fields to prevent pursuit. They
carry many wounded and are closely
followed by the troops The military
commander OF Guines reports that the
country people near by believe that
Masso and Maceo are wounded.
Gen. Gonzalez Munoz, after the fiQht
in Gallego, province of Santiago DO
Cuba, continued after the enemy In
Rabana Caney, wounding four and
killing two. The troops had six
wounded. Meeting the enemy again
he wounded two and captured 1e
horses. Five volunteers ambushed in
the road from San Nicolas to Habana
killed the rebel chief Calunga and two
santa 'Ilara, nuu, on tne ISL OF Marcn,
a sharp engagement with the bands OF
Nunez, Alvarez, Serafin, Sanchez and
others, numbering 1900, capturing
their positions and compelling them to
retreat in disorder, leaving on the field
25 killed, among them achief, who has
not been identified; took four prison.
ers, wounding many, captured 400
horses with their saddles,a great num-
Der of arms and ammunition, explo-
sives, implements to cut the railroad
lines and telegraph wires The troops
lost four killed, 10 wounded and II
horses killed.
Gen. Pando reports that the guer-
rillas OF Cruces met the enemy, killing
three and two horses, among the latter
that of the leader Sarduy, He also
reports that the Guerilla Cienfuegos
defeated band in San Esteban, kill
ing one.
On the cath, in Sagua, column of
200 men of the local guerillas had an
encounter near Sierra Morena with
large band, killing seven and wound
ing H. The column had two killed
and one slightly wounded. Col. Arce,
with five companies in the Santa
Clara plantation, met several bands,
causing them heavy losses. The
rebels left in the field IS killed and
many horses. We had one major and
lieutenant wounded, four soldiers
killed and 10 wounded.
senor Dupuy De LONE received the
following dispatch regarding the
Cuban campaign:
MADRID, March 4.-The insurgents
are pushed with great activity and con
tinue their march eastward, being in
the limits of the Santa Clara province,
The commander-in-chief has placed q
column in order to prevent their en-
tering Santa Clara province without
having fight Col. Cossio, according
to the reports of the newspaper CORE
spondents, gained an important victor,
in Matanzas. The enemy left 1skille,
in the field, carrying many killed ant
wounded as the result of the bayone
attack and cavalry charges. The,
burned the cane fields to prevent pur
suit. Col. Cossio was slightly wounded
[Signed ELDuAYEN,