The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-23
Suffered BY the Spanish In the
Philippine Islands.
pfPuLsfD WITH VERY HEAVY Loss
kios Attacked the insurgents 10
Their Intrc nchmcnts.
FORCES WE'RE UNSUCCESSFUL
Gunnery saved the Army from
sInughter~-Othcr Foreign.

| San Francisco. Cal, December -. --Pri-
vatc advices from Manila. Philippine Is
lands. reached hero today and are verified
| by an account that appears in the Hong
| Kong press received here per steamer
| Bclepc this morning. The news contained
| IN the communication deala with the at
| tack by the Spanish on tho Novelta
| isthmus and tho attempt of the Spanish to
discharge tho Insurgents IN Cavits and
N.go. At the end Of the campaign which
| hsicd until the 18th OF November tho
| Spanish authcritice sent out dispatches
neporting that tho attack had been sac-
cessful and that the rebel loss was very
heavy. Thc Spanish claimed 10 have list
| about s5 killci and 100 woundoi. 1t Is now
harmed that tho great victory that tho
Casliaians predicted cnded in ignomlnous
defeat The rebels hold Noveista AGAINST
warships andtroors Tho Spanards re-
tircd after suffering heavy losses,
The Spanish forces under General Rios
werc divided into two brigad,u OF 1000 each
supported by tho Spanish sunboats in tho
bay.
Tho INSURGENTS numbered about Il ZOO.
but they were strongly intrenched in Ca
Nitc and Noveieta, At tho head Of the
latter peninsula tho ground was honey
oombed with rife pics ani the town de-
with rapid fire cafilon and several pieces
of heavy artillery.
Rios attached the fi,p, line of redoupts
at Novcleta and the rebels fcli back TO the
main Enc OF defense a mlo In mo rearor
tho picket Haze. Tho Spanish had their
plans well arranged. They placed the
cruiser Castillo close IN shore and their
runs covered the attack Of tho royal
toolS. Tho cruisers shells reached Mo
outside deicnscr OF the city. The light
started al o'clock on Sunday November
ana by o'clock IN the afternoon the hn-
surgcnt@' oiitworks had been cvsuuatei
Ihon general attack followed Rtns
throwing the main body ~ his first hrs-
nadc agu met the rebel eiitrcnuhn,pnts The
sunboats opened hire on ,hn enemy hns
owtng to had gpnuery faiitl 10 cause any
dani',gc to tho dofenac. Tho Ca,delia. tho
miles from tho town and all OF her shells
f'Al short. owing to the exirc,no elevation
giN.n by the ship'e trainer,
Whcn lcs'" mon reached the ;nsur-
gents works a tefrific firo was oilsns.l on
them They. marched forward resolutciy
until the rflt TtnS commenced 10 hcich
r Forth ,re, moving down the trons. ranks,
uNder heavy IRE The, Spapish troops
wefe in The open mnd nulyeetsSI "a mo fiji
onoct OF the fii~ Had thp rebels g,in-
hh.rn bech gotd Rios army could have
:, The aecond brigade had suffered VERY
write Tho stfamcr 1ss,heln AMI n small
transport were usei to fetch In, wounded
TO port from the peninsula AZ lsas, fNo
were brought from the battlc liohi
WHsinesdaN, November II, R1as prepared
ano headod SECOND attack on Novoleta:
ne threw hts "ntire army against the re-
doubts and was rputei with heavy lo.s,
IN the first attack. Thu eunhoats faded 10
81 81 IN" troons to any cxtent. their shot
tempt to renew the action. but waitesi IN
" the mnrging OF tho i4th when wcak
cHort was made to flank the rcbels tbc
,hn IT, o, which ended the fighting for