The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-25
OFFICIAL AoV1crs.
y Grave Defense Mad. hy Eight Span

Grave Defense Mad, hy Eight Spanish
Soldier-.
Navana, April Copyrighted. 1896, ~
iHe Associated Press. )--ulsQa; re-
cc.teI here from Man4anan give details
Of tho gallant detenze OF rort Haula, ncar
Can,o by i small force of Spanish troops.
Tire tort, 1t appears Wa heamsel by
about 800 Insurgents Of the province of
Puerto Principe ara santiago de cuba
COMMANDED ~ Rodriguez, Eaoi Capote
uad o.htrs The alta < VAS carried OH
VITA V.gor for four DAYS daring watch
a." aeiaehm,n 81 Tie troops deIen4't
lHe pace day and ri,sht, a.thouE0 lAe
soldiers suffered terribly from ipck e'
water. The insurgents hat WIKI them
two r1pd-tre guns. one taetl hG.ogs,el
10 Habis column and lt 0thef Mas e.
gently landed near Dtlyar, sad was
manned by ,Ameli ~ lhses rnc latter
made excellent rra ~ ta9ns VI st.ats
and destroying 70" sm.N rl-erv1us used
for the alofaEG>ol Watel gla3ilng the bar
r&cks, beatlA~ down tne lore houses and
G,r"iaa Est eAin9&e 10 the iort itsr J..
Intse nncs fne .. VrGents sent 10 the
lnlt JrtliuR 20 accept the surrender Of
,tif gurflsaH With h1nnr, but t1c Sp"uitrdS
rtfUsrl 30 give up the fort in. hsntin-
y4th great enthusiasm auEoHgrDd tacH
vi .terl1iui.tion OF accepting death bel
surv glcr The behavior ot tGe Saun iA+us
. Impressed the messcnser of the irst'r-
gents that after his as visit - tic i2rt
.a decided 10 remain under the ipanan
Dag. lie said that the in@ursent duriag
tAe Hrst days lighting .o~ forty -th'"r
who had recently lautrd IN CUBA "lf
that in addition tho eucmy had man@
wounded. Che messenger WIS una ne 10
slv now many iuSurcruts wvy, Hlllv'l our
ing the other days nBhlin,; The garrison
sad ouly eight mon wounded
News OF the sicsc u Fort Ianjn was
carried to Mauzauitio and Geur'al Mun22
with u c.umn OF troops soon nttgI"hrns
an the city 90 board -four small aGn-
| boat4 for the iiiVcr cauio ana, pfotc'IeH
| hy the gums of The Warship9 the troops
we're luillrd at two points in tic vicinity
Of tht besDrcd sort The insurgents no
sooner saw the troops than Hhcy beat a
me woman Of literary instincts who
has Len iinuiisourd "A AricmeYla turns
out to be The wife Of fredrlco Alfonso,
o..c Of the hlsGfaan' iyaaer Hne
! the village of Ca4abi. In the insniEert
/ cnrps 1t apprars she was always dressed
| in male attire.
| me insrrscnt leader Mario Martinoz
| Talemuzuc!a. was tried by courmartia,
| last night. The public prosecutor asked
! that the dra,h penalty lac imposed.
! Colonel. Mario mel the insurgents at the
| Cfcnega ANA attacked and dispersod thcm.
Thc troops pursned the enemy through
/ tta wood near La Corborono. The nsur-
! coats lrrt eight Killed. The uoops had
Capfain Medina, IN command Of the 10
/ cal suorillas Of La las. hos neen engaged
{ with AN nsurEoht lhnd. Ni'lNf MA inni-
1 Is d usclf At tho liuicy plantation, Tho
I tr0ons dlslaiBed the ononY who left
/ t,vr.Ve kllfd On thu fcld rs we'll rs .
! oututlty az aems, and retired with a num-
/ sauadrcn Of cavalry while pursuing
ne Insurgents At Auras, Killed five Of
Tho local guorllas Of Calabaeas. IN tho
| Saeua district. bad n slNrmish with the
Insurgents under Antonio Calero. Thg
or my lofl scvcn kNrd and enc wounacf
On the field detachment of the BAN
hurino battalion near Cionfuegos, Whit
rccunnoltcsiug wounded two insureont.
ard Killed Aware. the leader.
~ ,,',,, az oitl,,,.,cn ''l' ,,V', ~
recent cngagement with the insurgents
Colonel Aidea, In command Of tie Srnn'
,sn forces fonuI The bodies Of thirty
evan mcrn insurgents. who had beer
Killed hv the troops.
Tho invesiieaiion into the conduct oi
Colonel Echlvlrln fer his failure to r.
l'evc the Alfonso NH battalion In ;he or.
sngoment of san claudio Inns terminate,
iaYonhl~ and ho has heon restored to n.
commend.
\ column consisting ~ the hattqllon o.
Cantahrlcn had hrush with iho iusnrg
cnts IN cnccihg a landing at C0rtcs n
puar del Rio lp reinforce the colnmn
'fhc column was prp,octod while inndins
| ly two gunhnniS The gums - which SwcN
ne beach, .,whoil was hrld by the in
sprsonls. the Landing WIS made undo
ofh,r difficulties, as the wharf end slor
| wore turning. ON this account II wa
found necessary 80 throw the horses Owe,
hoard and several 81 them wero drowned
| Il WAS found mute mpoS 5ible "a land pro
visions The reperi Says the troops ate
isudlng went IN pursuit OF the insurgents
WHO lott twenty ono lllca. Many citisrn
were r. scuei vito had been prisoners T.
the hands Of the rshrls. The pursuit va
Kent IN II the VILLAGE of .fc. thirtY-iiV
| Insurgents helng Killed.
The steamer MoutoVlclc has arrive
here and has on board q. haualipn .
|
~ town werr decorated and tho nov
commissioners Were received with e1ihusi
| asu.
story Is In circulation here that An
tonic Maeto has become greatly disgu ste
because Maxine Gomez has designated