Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-22
CUBAN CAPITAL GONE
HEADQUARTERS OF INSURGENTS
CAPTURED by SPANISH.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ESCAPE,
Insurgent Forces Scattered, With "a
Loss of Fifty-Nine Men Killed
tn Have Fallen.

| WASHINGTON, January H.--The Span
ish Minister has received the following
cabiegram:
'Habana, January 2l.-General Cas-
teliano has taken possession OF the village
Of Esperanza, i'm the Sierra de Cubitas
where the iusurgent government mad its
headquarters
During the stubborn resistance mace
by the insurgents their government OFF,
cias escaped.
THE next day, continuing his opera
tions. the same general defeated n ,ody
OF 2.5Oo insurgents. who were coming to
the aid of the government. scattering
them in all directions. and killing fifty
nine"
GARCIA REPORTED KILLED.
Habana, January z.-Although nothing
appears to be known on the sub
Ject al Spanish headquarters. persistent
rumors were i'm circulation to-day to the
effect that General Calixto Garcia, the
famous insurgent leader, was killed ,n a
recent engagement with the Spanish
troops.
The Spanish steamer Alfonso XIII. SAIL
ed for Spain to-day, with 6fty-six officers
and $50 wounded and sick soldiers on
board.
1t is announced that 7O5 tons Of sugar.
cane have been destroyed by fire at the
colony of Santa Ana. province OF Santa
Clara.
The local newspapers are requesting the
government to pardon all those who have
been guilty of offences against the clecto-
raj laws
According to information from Spanish
sources, General Castellano. being aware
that the insurgent government was es-
tablished at Esperanza, i'm buildings con-
structed by the insurgents, seventeen
leagues from Puerto Principe, at the ex-
treme west end of the Cubitas Ridge. pro-
ceeded in that direction. with 2.2OO infan-
try. 400 cavalry, and two field-guns.
After three-days' trying march. he
forced a difficult position on the fourth
day, and overcame the obstinate resist
ance Of 1900 insurgents, pursuing them
more than six miles, and destroying and
burning the houses at Esperanza, in
Guiding the insurgent government build
ings.
CAPTURE OF ESPERANzA.
On the following day General Castel-
lano engaged the reunited insurgents,
$500 strong, near the Inferno woods, six
miles from Esperanza. He routed them.
after two hours combat. The insurgent
loss is believed to be numerous, but
owing to the density of the woods. it is
difficult, according to the Spanish ac-
count. to ascertain the full extent of the
defeat. The insurgents left fifty-seven
dead on the field. The Spanish lost five
killed. and had thirty-one wounded,
among the latter being Lieutenant-Colo-
mel Perez Monte.
The insurgents, under Leader ATontea-
guido. enraged by the reports OF the sur
render of Insurgent-General Juan Masso
PARA, attacked the town of Esperanza,
province of Santa Clara. Under cover OF
darkness they reached the houses in the
Rosario Ward, but the garrison repeled
the attack, and followed the fleeing in
surgents outside the town. The latter
left nine dead.
a private dispatch from Spanish sources
says the attacking insurgents had thirty
wounded, and that the garrisons loss
was insignificant.
NEWSPAPER ISSUES SEIZED.
sybo icetac of tho Nauv Xorlr World NJ
he New York Journal and Advertiser of
January 18th, and several issues of the |
Madrid Heraldo and Impartial. have been |
seized by the government officials here.