Omaha daily bee., 1896-11-13
WEYLER MISSIONER OF SHOT
spali,h General HnE Narrow Escape IL @
Battle with the Cubnns.
DETAILS or A FIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS
Three Columns Advnncc ON insur-
Fcnts in Pinnr del Rio with Cap
tain General ut Head of
the Main one.

HAVANA. Nov. 1.-THE following details
nave been received from the front Of the
capture @, the .usurreut positions in the
mountains of II Bubl province OF P.uGf del
Eio 10y the forces under the command OF
Captain General Weyler. exclusively an
bounced by The Associated press. The uper-
Guuus began OF Monday last The plan o.
the rup.uu general was 20 advance OF The
iusurrgui positions with ms forces divided
into three columns General Munuz al The
head OF six blttlIiuus OF all arms entered
the mo rtliuous district by MHuuelita.
General EchGrue with four bHttHhnus from
ArtemBa entered the mountains 10y way
OF CHyBjHb0 while Colonel SeEurs with
his column advanced from suruu on the
enemy position.
Captain General Weyicr with TIE Eelu8,
Castillo America Barcelona and Puerto
Rico bHttElIuns and SIX field pieces pushed
forward from Mgriel IL order 10 attack the
lnRurCeu, front and cover q probable outlet
from the muuntHins. The insurgents prob
ably thought they had strong positions and
no doubt thought hey covered the strongest
points OF defense
General Buharue advanced from Artemisu
toward CEvHJHhu ana thence into the noun
tuiuE had the better road and ms troops
sustaining 4 sharp fire these troops captured
the insurgents position IN tie pass 70 tht
south entrance o. the mountains.
Al daylight on Tuesday the troops Of Cen
eral EcAnEue we're reinforced ry The col
umn commanded by General AruilHr and The
combined forces al the point o. The bHyuue'
captured iu succession all The lnEu-Eeui
positions The enemy defended tls works
with teuHCity bus he Spanish troops sue
Ceeded III occupying the heights OF El Rub.
E.H nw H .F. q.
ijy Of the military line. j is believed thai
the EreBter part OF the insurgents 10 The
province OF PinEr del RIO took part il his
engagement.
The Spanish troops lost SIX men kille1
and had General EchaEue SIX officers Of
minor rank and ffty-fuur soldiers wounded
The insurgents left seven men killed on the
field Their actual loss II not known Gen
erul EChHEue WIS shot IL the hip after he
actual fighting was over
During the engagement quite q shower
Of bullets fell over General NCylgr ana ms
star whereupuu somebody expressed HuZ,
iety as TO the sufCty OF the cgptHtu gen
CrHl II thiE the latter replied. The hui
let which VIII Kin me iE NO, vet cast"
The insurgents have attacked The town
q CUmoriocH In The province % MstHuzas
After firing upon the place FOR FIVE hours
The fire being returned ty the garrison. the
enemy retreafed leaving four men killed
yluudorinr stores burning several houses
and wuundinE q woman.
A dispatch from MHtauzay today says tcr
persons who were imprisoned there on pOiit-
cul charges have been released The tnsur-
gents have destroyed with the use Of dyua-
mae q bridge al CRlderson. province q Ma
tLnzRs al about the time Z prisoner train
WAs due 10 cross H.
Accounts from General Weylcr's field o.
pperRt IONS say that the insurgents enCGmr
meut in the mountains OF Ruh and Id
dwellings lately abandoned have been de
Ftroyed and the household effects scattered
through the woods.
An epidemic OF fever and smallpox. h II
reported prevails In the insurEeri CAM
and among families, causing great mur
tality ms many Us FIVE or six members o
4 family having died from the diseHse.
Maceo ana the other InsurEeut leRderI
are nov in the mountain retreats ana n,
Spanish columns ARE continuing their com
bined movements against them il purEuUuu,
Of General WgylerE plan.