Show THREE HUNDRED SLAIN cubans receive news of a sanguinary battle new york sept news of a battle in n which the spanish were defeated wi by the cubans and lost was received today by president palma it came in ili a letter written september uth by ppdro pedro Ro vlara a cuban private wh who deserted from the spanish ranks canlis at lera pera lego when campos was defeated in a later engagement rovira was captured by the spanish court marti aled and sentenced to receive lashes arid and to be shot the sentence was carried carrie d out while rovira was shouting tor for cuban liberty the letter says all san diego where the lie execution took place was incensed against the spaniards and then goes on oil to describe a hard fought battle A man who was sick in a hospital at casinira Casin bra escaped to Guan tanin in august and told the spaniards that gen jose macco macao was sick in the casinira hospital and had only thirty men with him august soth maceo heard that 1200 men were marching on him maceo so arranged his forces as to deceive the spanish on august the spaniards captured francis and general maceo macco fortified fortl fortI ned fled liis his few men in a plantation house near the li hospital the spaniards steadily closing in n on oil him anen reinforcements camo came ci a his relief and made the enemy vacate their position this battle lasted from 5 a in to 9 p rn with one intermission t two hours the spanish did nothing 0 0 any advantage however and after aft r burning their provisions they contina A to retreat to the mountains h place they entered in ili sea scattered grout a in the engagement t the cubans lost forty men wounded and killed the spanish lost ov over er men forty horses and a large store ot of provisions and munitions of war C col at the head ad of 1000 spaniards well provisioned left sail ran diogo diego for combre today september ath spaniards are deserting every day and joining the cubans the spaniards after the battle sent a cable to spain headed the defeat find and capture of jose maceo and asked for the reward sending ill the na names n of the advance officers in the e engagements n digs age |