The San Francisco call., 1896-02-20
MINOR ENGAGEMENTS.
General HeyIes's OhrciaI Report of Re
cent S6irhtishes.

cent Skirnishes.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb 19.-The
following is copy of a dispatch received
here to-day by the Spanish Minister,
signed by the new commandant of the
Spanish forces in Cuba:
HAVANA, CUBA, Feb. 19.-The reports
OF the last military operations are as fol-
lows: Maceo has crossed the line between
Havana and Batabano by the village
called Vapor, with sixty horses. Later,
other troops joined him, in number about
600, but the enemy was under fire of the
troops commanded by Colonel Seguera
which killed three rebels and wounded
twelve.
The insurgents joined their forces at San
Antonio Las Vegas, abandoning their
route toward Matanzas, that has been south
of the railroads from San Felipe to Guines.
fearing the columns which were closing
the line between the railroad and the sea-
A train conducting General Echague,
who, with his command, was going to
place himself between San Felipe and
Guines, met in Molina between the rail-
road station of Molina and Palenque, 800
cavalrymen of the enemy, which ap-
preached the train, thinking that it was a
without aiighting and arrived safely at
Guines.
The column of Colonel Seguera, forming
the extreme left, came upon the enemy in
San Felipe de Las Vegas. where it found
and dislodged Maceo. Miro. Diaz and Cas-
tillo with 1900 mounted men. The cavalry
troop OF Camaiuani charged and defeated
them in the Culebra and Culebrita hills
The enemy retreated toward Navio. Sew
eral columns followed them in combined
movement encircling them.
General Linares also defeated Maximo
Gomez in Lomas del Porvenei, capturing
four horses. The troops had three
wounded. In accommodating the camp
after the engagement they saw the rear
guard of The enemy and took them for the
Spanish forces, but seeing that they had
no answer to the countersign, opened
artillery and Mauser rife fire. killing six
and wounding twenty-seven. The column
suffered four wounded. The troops fol-
lowed and encircled the enemy.
In the province of Santiago de Cuba the
guerrillas of Coeber defeated, on the 1lth,
on Paso Lajas small band, killing on e
and wounding another. The same guer-
rilIas, IN Iona Noeruga. defeated on the
10th the rebels in Potrero Cruz.
WEYLER.
The places mentioned in the above de-
tails are inside triangle formed by the
railroads from Havana to San Felipe, San
Felipe TO Guines and the road from Guines
to Havana by San Jose de Las Lajas.
The following dispatches were received
by the Spanish Minister to- night:
HAVANA, CUBA, Feb. Is. = General
Linares, who has been following the track
of the enemy, attacked the rebel forces in
the Porvenir Hill. near Mount Chimbo-
razo. The insurgents were defeated, los
ing eleven killed and thirty wounded.
General Prats met two days ago in the
Guanaiales Mountains band of 1000 in
surgents commanded by Varona Soto
longo. and pursued them to the Pardinas
plantation. The enemy lost five men
killed. Thirteen horses were captured.
General Prats went afterward with his
column to Union de Reyes.
The volunteers have defeated on the
Josefilo plantation the bands of Garcia and
Acevedo. Fifty men of the San Ouentin
regiment reconnoitering in Savannah
GuaDaiay defeated group of insurgents.
killing two and capturing their horses and
rifles. w Ey1Fp
HAVANA, CUBA, Feb. 19.-Having re-
ceived advices that Maceo had passed by
the Santa Amelia plantation In the direc-
ton Of Faparte, and the Corea cattle
ranch with 5000 men, including eighty
wounded in recent engagements with
Colonel Seguera and other columns, and
Maxine Gomez with his forces arrived
yesterday at the Morales plantation with
the intention OF uniting his forces with
those of Maceo. l have re-enforced the gar
rison of Jaruco with companies of the
Guadalaiara battalion and / have given
orders to the columns of Colonels Galvis