Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1896-12-12
MACE0 IS NEAR HAVANA
HE CLENERLY TURNED THE FLANK
OF NEYLER'S SPANISH FORCES.
The insurgents Expect to Join With
Gomez and Strike IL Decisive
Blow at the Capital.

Havana, Dec. st IS semi officially adj
leader. passed the military lines of Pinar
Del Rio Friday near Mariel, port at the
northern extremity. He was accompanied
by a son of Maxine Gomez.
There WAS much excitement here when
it became known that Maceo had crossed
the military line. with. it is under stood.
Il strong o1ce of insurgents. especially
when ii is coupled with the fighting be-
tween the Spanish troops and insul gents
close to the city. 1t seems evident that
The insurgent commander has not only
cleNerly turned the flank of Captain Gen
tlal Neyler. but has succeeded III getting
III ms rear and crossing the famous mill
tary line near the port which ha, been
used as a base of supplies for the Spanish
troops in Pinar Del Rio. The importanc"
VI tnlS movement can not be exaggerated.
A@:ier Is Chasing in Vain.
Ihe exact Whereabout of General Ney-
ler IS not known. but he is believed TO be
huntng for Maceo in the mountains in
the extreme eastern part of Pinar Del
ltlo, Whlle the insurgent chief has seem
lnSlE doubled on his tracks turned the
hank OF the Spanish general and passed
III his rear in the direction of this city
crossing the military line ut will and pos
slbly by this time in the vicinity of the
capital of Cuba. If MaXimo Gomez has
carried out the plan attributed to him.
mat OF pushing westward to the support
OF Maceo. a junction of the two main
bodies Of the insurgents may be expected
shortly.
Nacee's Force Is Large.
Nothing appears to be known of the
of the insurgent forces with An
lonlo Maceo in this province. In fact it
was not until the news was being passed
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The authorities would give a half-hearteI
admission of the truth of the report that
Maceo had crossed the military line This !
Ii Is beleVed. will alter the whole Situ- |
''tiof. ana important events may occur |
within a short time. There is no doubt
That the insurgents have recently been |
increased in numbers about the capital |
ihc stray bands of 20 to 50 bandits met |
~ the Spanish troops have now swollen |
the inSurSent force of 10000 to 10000 II |
seems to be admitted and believed that |
A'aceo will shortly strike. before Weyler |
AN hurry back from Pinar Del Rio In
iced 1t Is currently reported that the
taptain general has been wounded in an
Engagement with the insurgents before
he latter crossed the military line and
hat he may not be able to return here
Except as a prisoner of the Cubans.
The authorities naturally are doing all
he trocha by Maceo, and intimate that
le is. as usual. according to the Spanish |
unning away from them. This does not
liter the fact that he has escaped the
1unter. and that the hunter may find diff
iculty in getting home.
The friends of the insurgents here are
'Nerjoyed at the new turn taken in the
'ampaisn, and are boasting that Maceo
md Gomez will soon be knocking at the
of IL IL, !
lffictals simply say: ''Wait and see: the
ime is not yet But there is no denying !
hat the supporters of Spain here today
re looking much crestfalen and dis
outraged.
Even a defeat at the hands of the in
urgents, it is admitted. would have been
letter than the humiliation which the
Spanish troops have suffered in being so
outmaneuvered by the insur-
,entS.