The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-13
SPANIARDS SCORE SUCCESSES
THE CUBANs wORSTED IN THREE
SMALL SKIRMIsHEs.


Castillo Reported to Have Left Four
COrpses on the Field and wounded
HimseIf-The Troops Also Report
ed Victorious in Two Encounters
in Matanzas-Gen. WeyIer Talks on
the Outlook.
From a staT Correspondent of the
United Press.
Havana, Feb. 12-Yesterday morning a
party of rebels under command of the
insurgent leader Castillo attacked the
town of Managua in the Havana prov
ince. A detachment of volunteers who
were stationed surrendered to the rebels
after having made weak resistance, and
joined the insurgents, taking with them
all the arms and ammunition in their
possession. A force of Spanish regulars
made a strong defense, repulsing the
enemy, who, according to the official re-
port of the engagement, lost four killed
and many wounded, including the leader
Castillo. The Spanish troops report that
they sutained no losses.
Bands of insurgents under Perez and
Martinez attacked detachment of forty
Spanish soldiers in the vicinity of San
Nicolas, in the province of Matanzas yes
terday. The Spaniards retreated to Chico
Chico, where they were reinforced by the
Cuenca battalion of volunteers, with
whose aid they succeeded in defeating the
rebels. The official report of this battle
says that the government force lost two
wounded, while the insurgents lost five
Gen. Prats reports an encounter be-
tween the troops under his command and
rebels at Jesus Maria, province of Matan-
zas, resulting in the defeat of the in
SQHEGnIS.
rebels fled and the Spanish troops pur-
sued them so closely that they were again
oDHged 70 give pattle, this engagement
taxing place on the Eugenia estate Here
the rebels lost fifteen killed and six pris-
oners We're captured by the government
troops. The Spanish loss was one killed
and one wounded.
Gen. Weyler, the new captain general
ana commander-in-chief of the Spanish
army in Cuba, received the American
newspaper correspondents in a body to-
day. He greeted the press representatives
m cordial manner, and offered 10 aid
them in every possible way in obtaining
rellable news of the war. Gen. WeyleT
said that no interference with the cabling
of reports would be made except when the
matter contained in them was grossly
TO excite public alarm.
When asked to define his programme
for the suppression of the insurrection
the captain general said: "Notwithstand.
ing the reputation which has been built
up for me by the filibusters, l can assert
before hand that my conduct will surely
be more deserving, that whatever l may
90 the United States would do under sim
liar circumstances"
When asked to give an expression of his
views on the situation of affairs, he re-
plleq; = am an enemy of publication
prefer TO act rather than talk"
Madrid, Feb. ia dispatch to the I'm
parcial from Havana says Capt. Gen
| Weyler has announced that he will issue
no permits to reporters or correspondents
OF foreign newspapers to accompany the
operating columns of the Spanish army
Gen. Pando, the dispatch says, will prob
aply be assigned command of the opera
ucnS in Eastern Cuba.
The Spanish in Mexico have offered the
captain general 600 horses and 200 mules
Tor use OF the Spanish army in Cuba, and
Gen. Weyler has accepted the offer.