The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-22
OFFICIAL REPORTS.
A Number of fnsurgent Defeats Arc
ChronCled.

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! Havana, March 2l,-I.leutenAnt Colonel
| Frances. in operating against Caynjnbos.
lin the province OF pnar del Rio, frst
opened IRE with his artillery upon the
insnrgent population aud then charged
with the bayonct and disodged the enemy,
who left fourteen killed and retired with
many wounded. Thirty.siN horses belong
ing TO tho insurgents were also killed The
troops lost seven men Killed and had three
| officers and forty-four priYatcs wounded.
Tho columns Of troops commanded by
ei@neral l-narcs and Colonies suarcz,
fnclan, Sanchez and Echavnrria arrived
m tn~ vicinity OF Cayalabos after The
nGhtiug was over.
Major Sirndu. accommodating IN the vi
cinity OF Mangun, tins province, engaged
tho insurgents at McNocul They Wurc
commanded by l.astra and were uptn VINO
had rc'cntly Joined the cause OF the in
surscuts. l.uo insurgents lclt seven Killed
on tho ueli
The column OF troops under General
l}crnM later had slSiriniNh witn "a.
same band 1nd aF n result seven more or
tho insurgents were killrd sud MuriuR, one
OF the ID. dcts. WIS wounded In the hem
The ebiumn OF troops formed by tn" Asa
battalion aftcrwdId destroyed the insur-
gent camp and killed thier more Of tho
enemy. only thrue soldiers were wounded
The guerilla forces Of Santa Clara prov
incc have surprised near Cruces. the in
surgent band under tho leadership Of i
let and killed four of them among them
being Perez, the second iusrgcnt leader
ia command OF that band fller loss was
only two Killed.
The column of troops 60 imposed Of the
Barcelona battalion at Santa F'r, province
or Nntan2As, have had a slUrmish with
the insurgents ana Inflicted great loss
upon the latter, Three soldiers were
Killed
General Prats has been engaged with
the insurgents under Garcia ana SanBuilly
ana has Killed two of them and destroyed
their camp.
The troops commanded by Colonel Molina
have captured an inEurgent, who turned
out 10 be quito an important prisoner. he
furnishing the Spanish officer with all
the details Of the nlihunteriug expedition
which landed at Naradara, near Cardcnas,
where the troops sol2ed three bouts loaded
with niIns ana nmmuntions intended for
the insurgents,
Taste an insurgent lender who recently
surrendered at Sagun La Grandc y now
Imprisoned at cumen aud Is charged with
a number Of Crnoa.
Gael another insurgent leader, has been
killed in an enlightenment with the span
ish troops near Placctas, province OF san
Ia Clara
Tue Insurgents recently attacked tho
village Of Juan Lopez. near Mantua, pro-
Vince or pfnnrsdei RIO with lhe intention
of CAPTURING convoy of provisions. The
steamer praYlaEo. commanded by Lieu.
tenant prAtln, shellod the Insurgents, ana
rlfn fire ON th" enemy, with IN" result
that the ir gurgcnis were driven away WIN
Considerable loss, The Insurgents In the
province of Tinar dfl Rio are reported
10 be suffering from lack OF food ana
ammunition ana every other KIND OF sup
plies. ,
wounded some time ago IN an chsakeu"Ht
with the troops, iH dead.
Eleven men arrcsted on a charge OF con
spiracy have arrived hero in custody,
Sagua train near sfppruchi was CON-
peIled 10 stop mud eventually put back ~
ihay found cnlVerts Of the road had been
destroyed and that Twelve lengths Of rails
had been removed -
tnnes waa shot this morning outside the
walls his regiment forming three sides Of
q square around The spot whore he VAS
executed.
or Nhtanzas. has been engaged with the
insurgents under Aguierra. The enemy
left SIX Killed aud ten rifles on the field
A numerous band of insurgents under
Garcsl and More ion recently vailed Lpnu
n. harrison Of the village Of Rogue. con-
sistlng OF thirty men, 10 SURRENDER, put the
troops made gallant defense ana 10
pulsed the enemY with loss OF sixteen
killed one soldier WAS Killed ana ii'e
wounded
neighborhood tried 10 capture tho village
Of Icuha but were rrnulscd with n loas Of
seven killed and twenty wounded The
troops lost Two kiilcd and seven wounded.
Twcnty-three persons were imprisoned
by the cubanB inVluding DR.. Albarran
n ~ also REPORTED by the Havana on.
clalr that eight ~ the bnnd Of Eduardo
Garcia have been comp He'd to surrender.
General Gomez has passed hy the p!ania.-
ton Of Sauto Domingo, near Clentoe, pro-
vince ~ Santa Clara.
Firing has been heard IA the northern
part OF the province 81 Pirar del Rio. IN
a section where insurgents have not been