Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-01-16
CITY S1ORMED And CAPTURED
Cubans Under Gen. Gomez Credited
with An Important Victory
Over the Spaniards.
MANY KILLED AND HURT ON BOTH SIDES
Rumor That Gomez is Marching on to
Havana with Strong Force-Peo-
pie of the Cuban Capital
Filled with Alarm.

New York, Jan. 16.-The Press claims
to have received news through private
channels that General Gomez stormet
and captured the important city OF Santt
Clara on Jannary 8, and is now moving
on to Havana, with $4,000 men. TIL,
famous cavalry leader Qointin Banderi
was mortally wounded, and Genera
Luque, commanding the Spanish, was
also wounded.
The news received last night said IL.
SEES we're Spanish estinisssj killed
and wounded 900; prisoners, 200; cannon
captured, 18; battle standards, 4; rifles in
the Spanish arsenal 5000, with plenty of
ammunition.
Oubans killed and wounded 500, which
is 600 more than the Spanish loss.
According to the press advices the
garrison of Santa Clara had been reduced
to 1000 men, while Gomez had 5000 men,
5000 being armed. On January 5, he in
vested tbe city, which was we'll fortified.
Gomez sent the infantry under General
Rabi to the west Of the city. The cavalry,
400 strong, under Quintin Bandera, was
placed upon the other three sides, it's
main strength being on the west. On the
5th, 7th and 8th there were skirmishes,
General Luqne, commander of the gar
rison, being wounded on the latter day.
On the 9th, at daybreak, the Cubans
closed in on the town, the cavalry charg-
ing over the Spanish earthworks and put
ting the enemy to flight.
Bandera fell while leading his men, and
died soon after.
Gomez gave his men only nights rest,
then, leaving garrison of 1900 men, he
pushed on to.the west. Those of his men
who had no weapons were armed from
the Spanish arsenal, 80 that in fighting
men he was nearly as strong as before
the battle.
No sooner had the news Of the fall of
Santa Clara reached the planters round
about than they began to flock to Gomez
standard. Every mile he went he got
new recruits. The news received last
night said he now has an army of $4,000
we'll equipped men.
HAVANA IS ALARMED.
New York. A Havana dispatch
to the World says: Couriers who
slipped through the Spanish lines
In MatanZae province bring the
news that Gomez is undoubtedly march
ing on to Havana, slowly but surely, and
that the advance guard are laying waste
the country as they proceed. The people
OF Havana are at last becoming alarmed
at the situation, and all who possibly can
have already left the place.
sPAIN's OTHER WAR.
Madrid.-Private dispatches received
here from Manila say that General Pola
vieja, captain-general of the Philippine
islands, is preparing combined military
and naval operations to end the rev olution.
The dispatches from Cavite say that since
the beginning Of the insurreotion n in the
Philippine islands the Spanish have lost
l40 men killed and 450 wounded while
the insurgents have lost 7,l00. In addi-
tion 2,170 have been arrested; of these
400 have been deported.
1t was further stated that 1000 insur-
gents in the province Of Bucolan and
Manila have submitted as a result of the
promise of pardon held out to them by
General Polavieja.