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Rebels Winning

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Day
1
Month
August
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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A cttblegram from Key West says: Newsreeeived on the steamer Mascotte from Havana conflrms the report of Martínez Campos" defeat at tlie battle of Valenzuela. (if the l.-oo Spanlsh troops only 300 escaped to Bayamo, and thejr are surrounded b.y (J,uoo Cubans. The insurgent loss was 2S0 killed and wonnded. Campos is at Bayamo serionsly wounded. Troops have left Santiug-o de Cuba to get him mt. The greatest excitement exists in Santiago and in Havana. Tlie pie are terrorizsd. The government is trymg the suppress all details of this great battle. but it is known nll through the island. Passengers on the .Mascotte say that in the battle many Spanish nth'eers were badlv wonnded. The Spanish ti-oops are faüing vietims to tropical diseases i anii are dying by scores daily. The ; troops are poorly fed and are badly vvora out by marches. Havana: The insurgents under Memtieta burned the village of Guamo aud the farra of Uauraito, in Manzaaillo, Santiago de Cuba. They also burned the village of Habanero, in the province of l'uerto Principe. They have nnited their forces at Corojo, south of l'.ayamo and Man.anillo, and about midway between those two places, and they are said to have the intention of Uayamo, Vegulta, Yara and Manzanillo, and if the silbar planters refuse to pay contributions to be insurgent array, they threaten to burn the piantations in the Manzanillo district, wiiich property representa niilluns of dollars. A band of

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