Show CUBANS WINNING VICTORIES half of a spanish company voluntarily went over to the cubans new york baly 2 according to ad vices received here by the cuban junta gen diaz in command of the sixth cuban army corps in pinar del eio had a battle with the spanish troops in the western part of the province in which he came off victor tak ine a great many the spanish loss was heavy while the cubans lost less than 50 men after the battle half ot a company of soldiers from the spanish garrison marched into the cuban camp with their arms and ammunition and offered their forces riving as reasons for their desertion ill treatment on the part of the officers and insufficient food gen diaz has with him about soldiers ell armed and equipped and a large number of who are without arms abo food supply is very short however and it is with great difficulty that frequent foraging expeditions keep the camp partly supplied with food there has been much suffering among the but it has been greatly alleviated since they left the cities and joined the insurgents armies four spanish spies were caught in the cuban camp and after a speedy trial by court martial they were sentenced and promptly shot the spanish prisoners are kept under chloee guard but are fed and well treated hitherto it baa been the practice to release the spaniards captured after depriving them ot their arms and ammunition but it is now the purpose of gen diaz to keep the prisoners in order that they may be exchanged for cubans and united states eol diera taken prisoners by the spaniards the battle which resulted favorably tor gen diaza force was one of the aln est which baa taken place in pinar del klo and lasted thy greater part ot a day both sides fought in fashion but the spaniards were finally forced to withdraw before the heavy and constant fire of the cubans nearly all the ammunition in the cuban camp was used cp and the insurgents will be in poor condition tor another fight aliee unless they can obtain new |