Show OOMCZ AND WEVLCn tTryltr mimic llutlnc an Inufmfnt nr torte Th lr yore Havana via 1 Key Weol Mar 31110 I alls have been re elnl here of an engagement en-gagement at La llefortna between the panlanK iHimniaitdetl by den We1 Irr nod the Cuban led by lien Oomet The battle was fought early lat wrek and It was n result of Mcylers scheme to crash tome by surrounding him with 20000 men The plan failed unit the tattle wan reported her ns an ordinary or-dinary Spaniel victory without lc tails It was the first lima In the war that tylor unit lomei have faced eaehoth er lomci placing his men In the jest stratrgla p < nltlonat La Ileforuia awaited len Weyler and for nix hours held him In check although the Cubans nclrcely numbered 1000 men I Gomez onlercil lilt tirnt MioU to pursue I pur-sue the Hpunlsh general but tho latter never came to tho front When tu afresh a-fresh Spanish columns came up lomri retired soil the Spanish abanddiicd thus field 1 |