Show FIERCE BATTLE I 4 IN RUm HILLS J True Account of the Recent Engagement NEARLY A ROUT FOR THE SPANISH ARMY I Ian I Diaz Came to the Cuban Rescue at an Opportune Time I Spanish Force Consisted of 5000 Infantry In-fantry and 2000 CavalryCubans Had Them Hemmed In Between Morass and Mountain Attacked By Three Bodies of Cubans When They Expected But OneThe Spaniards Retreat to Havana New York Dec SThe Press this Wednesday morning says Information of the recent battle in the Rubi hills in the Cuban province of Pinar del Rio has just been received in this city It throws a different light on this fierce engagement in which several hundred men were killed other I than given out by the Spaniards who P 1 have been loudly proclaiming an undeniable unde-niable victory for their side Colonel Cardenas arrived in this city J I a week ago He was badly wounded c while fighting on the Cuban side He was seen by a reporter of the Press Published accounts of the battle here tolore said the colonel have been incorrect I in-correct principally of course because they came from Spanish sources This today is the news received in a private letter GOMEZ ADVANCING On Nov 20 General Rodriguez received re-ceived word that General Maximo Go inoz was advancing from Las Villas in Santa Clara province with two divisions divis-ions of 4000 men General Gomez ordered General Rodriguez to pass General Parrado and his army and join the Gomez forces in Havana province This meant a battle of course and General Rodriguez at once divided his army into two brigades He was at the head of the first brigade and the second sec-ond 1000 strong was under command 4i of General Pedro Diaz It was well that he started immediately for General Parrado with 7000 Spanish troops was even then pursuing General Hermanos Ducassi toward the Rubi hills After several small engagements which the Spanish heralded asA series of great victories the Ducassi forces gained a position that was impregnable In the I rear were the Rubi hills while a morass mo-rass protected one side THE BATTLE i At dawn Nor 27 the great battle bat-tle was fought When General Par rado came up with his army he found Ducassi awaiting him The Spanish I forces consisted of 5000 infantry and 1 i p 2000 cavalry and guerillas They threw I tr themselves upon the body of Cubans j I 7 under General Ducassi and at the same moment General Rodriguez with the First brigade caught up with the Spanish Span-ish roar and fierce fighting began The result of the battle might have been in doubt had not Colonel Pedro Diaz arrived I ar-rived at this juncture with the second I division of the Cuban forces Hemmed L I in between morass and mountain and 1 I attacked by three strong bodies of j i I Cubans when they expected to meet only one General Parrado too late I i saw the pit he had fallen into The i I Spanish artillery was soon silenced i t and for a time it looked like a rout j J f What that meant with Cubans at I their heels Parrado well knew He j kept his forces together and held his Around until night Then his men were withdrawn into Havana province leaving leav-ing the field in possession of the Cu 1 ans ansOf Of the Spanish troops 300 were killed and many more than that number num-ber wounded The Cubans captured 200 of the Spanish troops three pieces of cannon many small arms and the nanish standard The Cuban loss was likewise heavy but not so great92 were killed in battle and 12 afterward died from wounds while almost 300 I ere wounded slightly I Parrados retreat toward Havana left the way open for General Rodriguez Rodri-guez to continue his march and join Gomez f GomezWhat the purpose of this movement j move-ment is will be Iftiown sometime about the middle of the month |