The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-12
SPANISH VICTORIES.
Reports of Battles I'm Cuba an Edited
by the Press CensOr.

Reports of Battles I'm Cuba an Edited
by the Press CensOr.
HAVANA, May I.-Coluea Seguera, in
the Caibarien district, has been engaged
with a considerable force Of insurgents un-
der Garlic. Mirabel and Gonzalez. The in
surgents, In retreating, left eleven killed,
and the troops captured building in which
the enemy had stored a quantity Of ammu-
milton. Seguera's column pursued the in
surgents. and came across 1000 of them at
Santa Rosa, where they occupied a very
strong position. After two hours fighting
the insurgents were dislodged with bay
onet charge and left thirteen killed. Later
the same body Of insurgents was found to
have occupied another strong. parapeted po-
stion. and this was also captured after
the troops had charged with the bayonet
AS result of this second engagement the
insurgents left twenty-seven killed and re-
tired with fifteen wounded. In two engage
ments the troops had four soldiers killed
and two officers and seventeen privates
W0un led
Eduardo Garcia, with a strong force of
insurgents, attacked the Spanish garrison
or the fort erected to protect the Flora
plantation. After four hours fighting the
demonstrating later, found one man killed.
The soldiers also captured a number of
The Havana Battalion, the Barbastro
battalion and seven companies of field ar
tillery recently left San Cristobal. province
OF In plnar del Rio, going in the direction of
insurgents opened a lively fire on the
troops, woundfng several soldiers, but the
troops pushed forward, crossed the river,
and, assisted by the artillery fire, disbanded
the insurgent force after some sharp fight
ing. The enemy lost six killed and had over
one hundred wounded. The troops lost
three killed and had fifteen wounded,
Maxine Gomez, according to the latest
reports received here, is encamped at the
of Santa Clara His health is said to be
so delicate that he Is only able to partake
of eggs and milk.
Ynacio Viart. cassed as an insurgent in
cendiary, was executed at Matanzas to-day
A dispatch from Candelera, province Of
finar del Rio. says that the military gov
arnor OF that place reports that many fam
1fies of noncombatants are arriving there
alarmed at the rumors circulated by the
insurgents that from May Is. the date of
the expiration Of Captain General Weyler's
proclamation onering pardon to the nsur-
gents who surrender by that time, the
spanish :roops will kill all men found in
n rne country districts The military COVER
called ''barbarous" news circulated BY the
enemy, and he has also been notified 10 do
everything possible to calm the frightened
people,
1t is stated that in the last engagements
between the insurgents and the Spanish
troops under Generals Altamira and Suarez
lnclan, in the province of Pinar del Rio the
enemy lost two hundred killed. Colonel
Solol, commandment at Remates. province of
Plnar del Rio. has been engaged with the
Insurgents under Manuel and Bartolo MaZo
Inc enemy left twenty killed, and the
troops, pursuing the insurgents, captured
their camp and killed nine more of them
one soldier was killed and nine soldiers
were wounded.
Curxon Not Prepared to Answer.
LONDON, May III. ]. O'Kelly, Parne,l-
lite member of Parliament for North Ross
common, asked the government in the
House of Commons to-day IL representa-
tons had been made to Spain in order to
obtain communication of the sentence of
death imposed on William Gildea described
as a British subject, one OF the men can
tured on board the American fiibustering
schooner Competitor, off the coast OF Cuba
Mr. Curzon. Parliamentary Secretary for the
Foreign Office. said the matter had raised
important questions of policy and inferna-
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