Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-26
DETAILS SHOW THE BATTLE OF
CADELARIA TO HAVE BEEN
A BLOODY AFFAIR.
Nearly Five Hundred Spaniards Wer'
Killed and q Great Number Were
Wounded Savage Hand
to Hand Fight.

and Colonel Saurez Inclan on one side
and those of Antonio Maceo, Perico
Diaz and QGintin Bandera on the
other, has been heralded in the usual
flambuoyant official dispatches as a
| famous victory and Linares and Inclan
were promptly scheduled for promo
ton. But ever since the fight car loads
OF wounded have been coming into
Guanajay and Havana and it is gradu-
ally leaking out that ut Candelaria one
of the most serious Spanish disasters
OF the entire war occurred.
A Spanish officer told me last night
that their losses were 1872 men killed
and wounded and that Maceo captured
one piece of artillery after hard fight
| ing. Persons familiar with the Spanish
official reports suspected this when
the admission was made that the ar
| tilerymen had to defend themselves
with their carbiues. This means that
the insurgents fought the artillerymeu
hand to hand. Thirty eight artillery
men are reported rs among the killed
and wounded and 1t is now said that
the gun caissons and all the Spanish
artillery ammunition fell into Maceo's
hands, Inclan and Linares barely saw
ing their commands from annihilation.
The insurgent loss was also very
heavy, but not nearly SO heavy as the
Spanish.
Maceo is well into the Provinces of
Pinar del Rio again. Gomez covered
his rear guard and is now supposed to
be in the neighborhood of Havana.
Fifty thousand men were detailed to
intercept Maceo, but the wiley officer
carried his army through in safety.
At the city of Alquizar, on March 6,
when Maceo had been on his west
ward march two days, the people re-
ceived him with cheers of welcome,
turning over to the insurgent forces
200 rifles and 1000 cartridges. AT
Ceiba del Afua 210 rifles and 5000
more cartridges were received. Gomez
joined Maceo here and the munitions
were divided. A council of war was
held that night, resulting in Maceo
receiving orders to press forward
through Pinar del Rio, while Gomez
determined to recross in Havana
Province.
An advance guard of picked men
was sent ahead to meet the expedi-
tions from the United States, which
it had been arranged would land on
the northwest coast. 1t is understood
that this division has rejoined Maceo
and that portion of the rifles and
cartridges landed by Collazo has been
sent to Gomez. Collazo is temporar-
lily with Maeeo, but it is expected that
ince in the next few days.
Describing the shooting of himself
and seven companions, DIR. Delgardo
says in his deposition:
"When we arrived in the presence
of the Brigadier General, Malquizo,
showed him my American passport
and letter from the United States
Consul about our horses. | also told
him my father and myself were neu-
trails and peaceful. had no sooner
said these words than he became en-
ragged and, mounted as he was, struck
me three times on the head and face
with his hands, knocking off my hat.
"At the same time he said: Just as
| will shoot You so l would shoot the
American Consul. [ care nothing for
all these papers of American citizen
ship All this he said with the great
est contempt, and calling Captain
Nillanueva, ordered him with - men
to take the prisoners to the rear. The
Captain took us about so yards to the
rear, while the Spanish column went
on in the direction of Bainoa.
Captain Tillanueva ordered us to
be tied together with rope, placed
us against stone fence backed by
bushes and told his men to cut us down
with their machetes. In the struggle
the rope was broken. He then ordered
his men to fire volley at us.
cat the first volley l threw myself
face downward, Stimulating death. At
the second volley was struck in the
right loin by bullet. 1t was found in |
my underwear when my clothing was
cut from me afterward. They then |
struck me with a machet on the right |
side of the face, but the force was |
broken by the weapon striking the |
stone fence and the bushes, breaking |
the blade of the knife. In one of the |
volleys a bullet grazed the crown of |
my head.
81 lay perfectly still and rigid to ap-
pear dead. | was then turned over on |
my back, my pockets were searched
for money and one of the volunteers
noticed by the movement of my vest
that l was still breathing. l heard |
HIM say: HE has some color in his |
face. He is alive. Give him another
machete.' They gave me another |
terrible blow. / then lost conscious
ness. When regained my senses |
found myself in my room in our dwell
ing house. l was told that myself and
Vanancio Peno we're the only ones
who revived, the other six having
been riddled with balls and cut to |
pieces with machetes.''
Hon. Joseph Moore Dead.
WELLsvILLE, Mo-, March 21.-Hon.
Joseph Moore, of this place, died at
Rush Hill fn-day after an iIIpacu of