The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-03-24
The Number Slain Remarkably
Small for Hours of Fierce
Fighting-The
Engage ment Lasted Four Days
Spanish Soldiers Revolt.


rumors that the insurgent government
had its headquarters at San Geronimo,
| Puerto Principe, decided to take the
| field OH the 4th. Proceeding by the Ye-
guas road at the head of a strong col
uinn of regulars, he began to encounter
groups of insurgents at distance of
| about mile and half from the city OF
| Puerto Principe On arriving at the
| Los Claveles farm. a distance of about
| five kilometers from the city, he Ell
gaged the advance guard of the Insur.
gents and hot fight ensued. The in
surgcnts were dispersed, but the troops,
| owing to the lack of water, were COM
| PEELED to fall back to the farm of La
Union de LANES.
At daybreak of the 9Th, the march
was renewed in the direction of the
| Arnaiuez ranch. From the commence
ment Of the march there had been fire.
quent firing upon the Vanguard and
| TANKS of the column, and this was kept
mp until it reached the San Jose de
| Caoba valley, where the insurgents held
| a position in the edge of the forest. The
| front and the right flank of the column
opened an extensive and hot fire, and
were dispersed by the Taragona bat
| TALON and other forces which used artil-
| lery.
The insurgents retired in two wings
and were pursued until they disap-
peared This ended the combat.
The column continued the march to
| Aranguez, the insurgents retiring on its
arrival. Finding the water supply com.
| pletely exhausted. General Castellanos
| pushed on to the Yeguss river, camping
Oh the banks.
During the fight he had several men
severely wounded, and as it was not
convenient to carry them, he ordered
| the engineers TO build a fort, where the
wounded were left under an escort of 40
| men. On the 9Th, and on the morn-
| ing of the 18th, the fort was at
| tackled by the insurgents, but energetic
ally defended. with a loss to the insur-
gents OF three killed.
During the advance of the column
from Yeguas river, it was fired OH fire..
quently during the 9th, but continued
| to San Geronimo, with constant firing
upon the advance guard and the TANKS
| until Las Larga was reached. Here the
insurgents were in ambush in the woods
while considerable party was in the
renewed the march toward San Geroni-
mo- where it finally went into camp. as
there was no water elsewhere. Within
| two hours the insurgents resolutely at
| tackled the position, falling upon the adj
vance guard. But the latter being re-
| inforced repulsed them, using the artil-
lery. During the day the camp was at
tackled by considerable insurgent forces,
who, believing that a surprise was pos
sible, fought resolutely and were only
repulsed with artillery.
General Castellanos believes these at
tacks were made by independent bodies
of insurgents who retired after the fight
was ended.
During the night the insurgents at.
tackled the camp for the fourth time but
were repulsed.
On the 9TH, after reconnoitering for
long distance the marshes surround
ing San Geronimo without meeting the
insurgents, the Spanish column returned
to the Yeguas. 1t had skirmish in the
Carmel woods, camping there during
the night, the advance guard was
fired on.
On the 8th the column marched to
Santa Cruz farm, after withdrawing the
garrison that had been left at the fort.
on and when the insurgents reached
Porcayo farm, the insurgents appeared
ON the right flank, partly hidden by the
woods. They opened a hot fire. but
were repulsed after several hours hard
| fighting The march was then re.
newed
When Santa Cruz farm was reached
the insurgents opened fire ON the van.
guard and the right flank. They were
entrenched behind natural embank-
ment formed by dried up stream Tha
Spanish artillery and cavalry forces
were used to seize the stronghold, and
the fight lasted more than two hours.
The water supply at Santa Cruz being
exhausted, General Castellanos was
compelled to leave for Las Claveles,
from which point he passed on to Puerto
Principe reaching the city about noon.
He lost one lieutenant killed, three lieu
tenants wounded, six regulars killed
and 20 wounded. 1t is estimated that
the insurgents losses were AZ.
Sylvester Scovel, the American war
correspondent, recently released from
prison ut Sancti Spiritus, arrived here
yesterday evening.
WEYLeR HAS FRESH TROUBLES.
spahibH Auty
Have Not Deen Paid.
KEY WEST, March l5.-Advices from
Havana report that an uprising of the
volunteers at Sancti Spiritus has already
began. Two hundred of the volunteers
paraded the streets there shouting for
money and denouncing the Havana gov
eminent in unmeasured terms. They
looted six or seven stores belonging to
Cubans and .Spaniards alike. not only
taking provisions, but also clothing and
many other things. A small bank man
aged by the Cubans was broken into and
shout $40, 900 taken. Where the Cubans
resisted they were murderously as.
saulted In four instances the propri.
etors of stores were shot down in cold
blood
In the outskirts of the town number
of the country people who had been
camping were assaulted by the mob of
volunteers and six or seven killed.
Reports from Guanabacoa reports that
Major Fonsdeviella has again begun his
career Of blocdshed and murder. On
the forbidden road, one mile from the
outskirts of tha tOwu nm explOrinO