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Show INS1 RGENTS DEFEATED Fighting at Puerto Plata Desciibed as Being Very Sharp. TURK'S island. Bahamas. Jan 8 Advices brought hei yesterday by the steamer Cherokee from Puerto Plata. Santo Ii, lining. i dated Junu.irv ;. n.i. the rccenl iigoting nesr that port was very sharp. Ki of the " men engaged on both sales being killed m wounded Dead bodies were lying In tho streets Of Puerto Plain for two davs. An attack on Puerto Plala by Ihe forces of the Insurgent Gen-oral, Gen-oral, Pedro Alvarez, wus expected when th.- steam ir left there, and It was believed it wotdd result m the authorities sur-renderlnsi sur-renderlnsi Gen. Oulllllo and Gen. Navarato, Insurgents, In-surgents, were defeated on the 5th in their attack on Santiago, which was defended by t'acerea's troops Gen Lassla who is righting for J (mines. (mi-nes. Is about to attack Ls VCge, about seventy-five miles northwest of Ban Domingo |