The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-27
GEN. WBYLBR ROUTED.
Great Slaughter of His Men
in the Rubi Hills.
BLOWN UP BY DYNAMITE.
He Lost 200 Killed and 1000
Wounded in the Explosion.

HE Total Loss In Two Days Fighting Was
About 5000 Knned and 1000 wounded
Mnceo Lurcd Gen. Munore's 10000
Troops. On TIL They stood on Ground
noneScombed with Dynamite-John Linn
Touched on tho Mine and Maceo Let
Loose HE Dynamite Guns-SoO Moro
Men Were Killed In the Charge that
Followed the ExpIo-iou-Thea Echngue,
with 10000 Men, Took His Turn and
Was Terribly Thrashed-Hua~nnn Cot an
Hnkiing OF tho Truth and weyler Hur-
ricd Hack 20 Prevent n R~isinE-Col.
Reyes Isripas Here the Real Facts About
weyier's Advance - Naceo All Right.
Reyes, aide-de-camp of Gen. Maceo, wounded
aud en- route to New York for medical trent
ment and with dispatches to the Junta, passed
Though here yesterday, bringing news of a
character which has made all Cubans rejoice.
There has been fierce fighting in the Rubi
sanguinnry battle of the war has boon fought
and. though weyler's censor at Havana has
toned down the reports into mere scrimmageS
about 1000 of weyler's men were killed in two
days and twice as many wounded.
weyler went into the field with 81, 900 men
in throe columns, one OF $4,000 under himself,
one of 10. 1000 under Gen. Echague, and q third
OF 10000 under Gen. Munore. They found
Gen. Macco intrenohed In a crescent-shapcd
range Of hills. and to Gen. Munore was assigned
tho duty OF routing him from this position.
while Gen. Echague was to execute q flank
movement and cut of Maceo's retreat.
Gen. Munore arranged his battalions and gal
lantly went forth upon the field. but when at
the foot OF the hills the Spaniards were met with
q whitening fire that cut gaps In their ranks.
Maceo's men shot from behind rocks and trees,
and gradually gave way before the Spaniards
who. encouraged by what they thought to be
victory. holly pursued.
Suddenly q deafening explosion rent the air.
and a scene followed somewhat like the mine
horror at Petersburg during the civil war.
Horses and men were blown high in the air
and fell to the earth dead and mangled. The
dynamite mine was touched of by John Linn.
formerly of this city, who is Maceos electrician.
pldCGO tIit AcS ioOoo hAo W buho pEo
pared by Linn. and more havoc was wrought.
In the mine explosion Col. Reyes says that
weyler lost 700 men killed and 500 more In the
charge that followed, besides 1000 wounded.
Next day Maceo, nowin of the reserve force
hinder weyler. retreated to even a stronger po-
tition. There he was attacked BY q column
hinder Echague. who was roundly thrashed and
ariven from the field, losing 500 men killed
besides /, 300 wounded.
In this fight EchaRue lost a leg. which was
torn of by a dynamite bomb. His men be-
came panic stricken. They feared another
mine and would not respond when q second
zine urged to the attack.
Next day Maceo retreated again, mannuvring
all the while to entrnp Weyler into a field that
had been ho~neycombed with dynamite under
direction of John Linn. Meanwhile. however,
weyler heard that there was danger OF an up
rising in Havana because of his failure to crush
Maceo. and fastened back to that city.
Col. Reyes brought a letter for prominent Gu
bans here from Maceo saying: Have DO fear.
] am like a turtle in his shell. II they get into
my shell, God help them"
BY the United Pres.
DALLAS. Tex. Nov. 20.-Lieut. John G. Reach
OF Pinar del Rio. Cuba. arrived In Dallas yes
terday evening and took n night train for New
York. He came direct from Cuba to Galveston.
having left the island unknown to the Spanish
authorities.
He declined TO give Dallas newspaper men
anything for publication. but said to an attache
of the st. George Hotel that the Cuban army 10
in no danger from Weyler's forcos.