Show BOLD AND BRAVE Cubans Destroy a Fort Near Havana New York Feb SA World special from Key West says All Havana is gasping over the audacity of the insurgents who destroyed a stone fort right under Major Fondevielas nose just outside of Guanabacoa Saturday night The building a big threestory mansion man-sion strong and well made had a garrison gar-rison of 100 men There also were kept supplies for the outlying detachments ammunition etc At midnight a force of 200 Cubans came secretly and captured cap-tured and bound the outside senti nels before any alarm could be given Admission was obtained by giving the name of the officer of the guard but a sentinel as the Cubans poured in fired his rifle killing Lieutenant De Kosna As the garrison filed into the street the fire of the Cubans was terribly terri-bly effective while in the confusion the Spaniards shots did little execution execu-tion Fully half of the garrison were killed the others jumping from the windows The Cubans looted the building The wooden portion was set on fire and a dynamite cartridge tore down the stonewalls stone-walls The Cubans then made a sortie driving driv-ing back the Spaniards and then retreated re-treated firing as they left It is supposed sup-posed that Hernandez was in command com-mand Thirty wounded soldiers were brought to Havana and it is reported that 24 were buried at Guanabacoa The Cuban loss is not known as they took their dead and wounded with them |