The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-02-13
THE WARFARE IN CUBA.
Reports Carefully Revised by
Spanish officials.
EXAGGERATED TALES CT VICTORY,

While Admitting That the Insurgents
Fought Bravely, the Spaniards Send Out
Reports of Six Hour Battle in Which
Only Six spaniards Were Killed.
HAVANA. Feb. 13.-A dispatch received
here from Santa Clara, capital of the prov
ince of that name from General Oliver,
the Spanish commander in that district,
announces a serious defeat of the insur-
gents under .Serafin Sanchez and Mirabel,
two of the most important insurgent lead
ers outside of the province of Havana. The
engagement took place between Camaju-
ami and Palo Prieto.
The insurgents fought with the greatest
courage in spite of the fire of the troops,
waving their machetes in the air and
cheering for Cuba Their first attack was
repulsed, but they were not long in re-
turning to the charge with the same gal
lantry. This time the insurgents reached
almost up to the Spanish square But
once more they were driven back, this
time in disorder The insurgent leaders
made another attempt TO rally their forces
and a small body of insurgent cavalry was
led to the attack for the third time. But
when about dozen of their horses had
been shot down, throwing the whole force
into confusion, the insurgents retreated
for good, but keeping up "a scattering fire
which was severe enough to prevent the
troops from pursuing the enemy.
| 1t was not until o'clock in the after
noon that firing ceased, and fatigue parties
| were sent out to gather up the insurgent
| dead and wounded, while the Spanish cav
! airy pursued the retreating bodies of the
enemy The soldiers found forty-eight
dead insurgents on the field, and it was
estimated by fairly accurate count that
the enemy carried away 13O wounded.
The loss sustained by the troops was
slight in view of the fact that the fighting
lasted over six hours The troops lost
Major Tones, Sergeant Otero and four
soldiers killed, and had lieutenant one
sergeant and five soldiers wounded.
General Oliver has complimented Col
oneI Lopez upon the admirable manner in
which he has relieved Camajuani. The
troops, when last heard from, were occu
pying that place, and no danger was ap
pretended of any further movement OF
the insurgents upon the town, which, by
the way, is not far from Santa Clara.
The insurgents in this province on Tues
day made a daring attack upon body o
forty recently modified troops who wer'
on their way from San Nicolas to Havana
The insurgents were under the Leadership
of Perez and Martinez, but were com
PEELED to retreat when detachment of tb'
battalion of volunteers of the neighbor
hood was sent against them.
Near Itaba the insurgents have attacked
, a train escorted by volunteers of the Gu
enca battalion and few regular soldiers
The Insurgents were beaten off with los
n nf
ammunition. They retired with thei
. wounded. Five soldiers were wounded
!. during the engagement.
1I A column of troops commanded by Gen
{ eral Prats has had two skirmishes will
A the insurgents in the vicinity of Jesu
q Maria, province of Matanzas During tn
{ first exchange of shots the insurgents los
4 four killed and retreated. They were pur
j sued and ovsrtaken, when the second skir
mish took place with the result that tn,
: insurgents lost fifteen killed and, in addi
ton, the troops captured six prisoners ant
number of rifles. Only one Spanish sol
: dier was killed during the two skirmishes
although several were wounded.
A band of insurgents commanded b,
Castillo made an attack on Tuesday upol
the village of Managua, near this city.
detachment of volunteers belonging t,
Macerano, a village close to Managua
was alss threatened by the insurgents
and the volunteers, without making an.
defense worth mentioning, surrenderet
their arms and ammunition and joinet
the insurgents. The troops at Managua
however, made brilliant defense, finally
: driving off the enemy with loss of fou
killed and several wounded, including
their leader, Castillo.
Horses for the infantry soldiers hay
been arriving from different sections for
J number of days past and the work o
teaching the foot soldiers to ride is beinl
continued from morning until night. TIL
/, main object In mounting the infantrymeI
is to enable them to travel longer distance
and with greater speed than heretofore
the advantage Of the insurgents in this re
spect having been the most marked fea
"a tlire of the insurrection up to the present