| Show SPANIARDS WERE WORSTED THEY RETORTED THAT THE CUBANS WERE WEME ROUTED but they Fc rell back on havana and tho the general belief la is that they were badly hurt hurl havana jar jan 2 an engagement between Spat spanish tish troops and insurgents has taken place at et el south of alfouso xiii not far from tho the frontier ot of tho the province ot of havana bavaria tho the official announcement no says tile iho troops captured tho the insurgents position but the loss to tho the enemy in 19 not known it la Is admitted that two spanish officers and four sold lors were killed and ton wounded tho the inmar gents following their lr usual tactless did not attempt a decisive engagement but a after tho the skirmish proceeded westward devastating the iho country tho the authorities here in announcing this skirmish added the significant statement that the tha troops were moved closer to the province of havana If avana which would indicate that thal the spanish forces are an once more in retreat later I in fit day it was waa announced hero that further fighting between the spaniards and tile the cubans hall taken plate in f tho the vicinity of el escalante kalch lends leads tile iho people horo hare to believe that tile ansur geals have been in pursuit of the spanish i troops in ill that vicinity in view of tho the line work and rapid pro gless of tho the insurgent cavalry gen cani cam ios ioa has ordered tho the spanish officials in all t tho he disturbed district to SEIZE seian ALL ALI TIIE thoy they can lay iby handu hands on in order to prevent nt them from falling into the iho hands handa of tho the enemy hut but it la Is believed that tho the cubans aro are already as noil oil and supplied esith ith horses ns they need be the damage dicing 39 one by tho cubans Is terrible thoy havo have burned tho the best part of tho the town of jaguel jaguey and tho the of perla Iton rosarlo arto and australia in that district and in district tho the plantations of carey escalante Escal anlo and I 1 am havo have been de dc mooed by their boches in addition tho ilia villas village of oc la tagua whose inhabitants did not receive th ohp in su renta as well an aft the latter would have alrod has been blotted out by fire ahro hut but the insurgents ure aro not pa attention to plantations Y the houses of tho the wt clas seii and of the inhabitants of tho the invaded districts generally rally aro are boing racked hacked unless rans ransomed ransom omed pd by tho the payin tnt of money in proportion to the I 1 he value or of tho the pra property perty the friends of the insurgents hero hem claim that this Is perfectly fair that tin th on aro are tho lh chief support of tho the spanish government system hero and that in lee tho the revenue contributing pow r to t the he thoy they are boniv cutten off tho the sources of rey apply of tho Span larda nowa news today lauve no doubt that the insurgents tire firo in large larco force in tho the province of havana klavano and aro am spread over a wida space their rear kinrd back into matanzas province while their vanguard la Is tit at agua calm cala a town of some rome importance on oil tho the railroad between bethoon Mat matanzas Matan anzis zut and havana and only a attle over THIRTY MILES PROM HAVANA apparently tho the rull full borce of tho insurgents la Is engaged in this renewed incursion S toward aira havana hut but they maintain tho same barno scattered formation divided into columns which proved so effective in them into the iho neighborhood of matanzas ratan tho the differ ernt columns dumns a apparently p parent ly retaining tho intuitive bacu facu faculty I 1 t y of knowing tho the and needs of each other and thus thui boing aban to co onerato with onn another and avail themselves thomaN vea to tho the rull full of feints an aej diversions vor s io n s which tile tho diff different ernt columns airry out for fa r tile tho assistance of tho the others tho the spanish commanders commande ra arn or apparently ut feriv unable to copo cope with this style of at warfare or to check tho the ad vanco of tho the insurgents illch w alch is I 1 now more directed straight upon havana |
