ITBA. 



and the provi- 

 were ecbed by 

 the cattle DMS 



Spani* soldier, could not 

 o txhtnd tm and made 



TW black minea of 

 list lead of Floriano 



Spanianls with their machetes and put them to 

 ived in a narrow detiie a 



relief column of 150 cavalry and -loo infantry 

 that came up from Songo. In these engage- 

 menUover irdf were killed. Gascon's 



hand, armed i.nlv wit! 



nowpro\id.-d with r<> rilles and 10,000 roundi 

 of ammunition. Lieut, (i allege WES after- 

 ward tried by court-martial and .shut for snr- 

 n-iiderini; his command without li^htin^. as was 

 also another officer of the same name who was 



f coxvardic,-. Ca|-t. .Malla. aptim-d 

 while escorting pr-\ -i-ion 

 placed under arrest when he retnmeii on ; 

 hut the feeling that had l>een a roused again 

 severe penalties kept the authorities from 

 cuting any more officers. Gascon and his hand 

 joined Maceo, who, with the negroes 1< 

 (^nintin Handera and the hardy mounla 

 of Perico Perez, had now over 2,5<M mm at 

 Jarajueca. Gen. Salcedo made extraordinary 

 efforts to catch Maceo. He sent out four col- 

 umns for tin- purpose of surrounding him. hut 

 he passed through the cordon and retreated 

 safely into the mountains. A still met 



effort was made to head off Gome?, and 

 Marti, but with the aid of their frit ml- they 

 found little difficulty in eluding the pianK tha't 

 occupied all the roads. 



on April 29 a detachment of 700 Spaniards 

 was decoyed into attacking Jose Maceo at 

 Arn>yo Hondo, near Guantanamo. He had so 

 disposed his force as to surround and fall upon 

 the Spaniards with three men to then 

 They fought courageously and finally cut th.-ir 

 way through and retreated, having lost 150 

 killed and inflic 1 losses on tne enemy. 



Col. Capello, the Spanish commander who was 

 thu- entrapped, was relieved of the command at 

 Guantanamo, being succeeded by I'.ri. 

 Kazan. 



On May 6 Maceo's men raided Crist o, burning 

 the bridges of the railroads running to S 

 and San Luis and tearing up the track 

 train bringing troops was derailed, and the 

 troops after they left the train were fired upon 

 from an ambush. The same band of in-urp-nts 

 raided Caney also, and burned buildings. 



On May 14 at Jobito, near Guantanamo, 400 

 soldiers were surrounded by 1,200 insurants l. d 

 by the two Maceos. Lieut.-Col. Bosch \\ a s k i 1 1 ed 

 in the first onslaught, but Major K..1.;.- held 

 the position, resiling successive attacks, until 

 re-enforcements came, when the Spaniards ad- 

 vanced and deflated the rebels, who 1' 

 killed and wounded, while on tin S|..,;..-h >id< 

 100 were killed and 80 wounded. 



A guard of 600 soldi, rs. while escorting pro- 

 visions from Santiago to Bayamo, attacked l>y 

 800 rebels, fled in confusion, leaving behind the 

 stores and 70 dead and wounded. 



A convention was held on May 1H at which 

 delegates representing each 100 revolnt i. .; 

 the field elected Bartolome Masso Presideni "f 

 the Cuban H.-puhlic. Maximo (jomex (ieneral in 

 Chief, and Antonio Maceo Commander in Chief 

 of the Oriental Division. 



Marti intended to embark for Jamaica, while 



Gomez was about to proceed in the direction of 



Miranda killed. The Camaguey, escorted by the forces of Masso. On 

 I upon the demoralized May 19, while Masso with the bulk of his troops 



to fight the in- 



(in ihetr own way. After a while he 

 i mil into the service the young Span- 

 vufed in Cuba, who were better a. , h- 

 than the raw troops from the south of 

 Spain. These emigrants are released from the 

 obligation to serve in the regular army on the 

 eondsUoa of their Joining the volunteers or 

 bom* guards in Cuba, in which many of them 

 held coeamsfttton*. When th. ritend 



out to serve in the rank* tnoUned to 



mutiny, lie derided Ufer to - lo Be- 



nitac, a guerrilla chieftnin of th.- former revolu- 

 tion, wl liad been condemned f. r ) 

 to life imprisonment and was a convict in Ceuta, 

 Africa. This man was pardoned and com mis- 

 sioned a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish army. 

 on condition that he would fight his country- 

 men with their own tactics, of inch he was a 

 master The Spanish officers in Cuba protested 

 when they learned that this bandit was to be 

 sent into the field at the head of convicts re- 

 leased from Cuban jails. 



Maiimo Gomes and Jose* Marti, starting from 

 Cape llaytien. landed on the coast southwest of 

 Cape Maysi on April 18 with 80 companions, 

 most of them veterans of the former war. They 

 MBeliiluil in joining Perico Perez, whose band 

 of l.ooo cavalry defeated Col. Bosch on April 1G 

 and again on April 18 at Sabana de Jaibo, where 

 Gome* directed the charge. This force united 

 with Maceo, who assumed command of the 

 tions in the east With his blacks and 

 to exposure and privation, hi- 

 ations until the whole province 

 obeyed him except the Spanish fortified posts. 

 The planters and traders were forced to coin n I. - 

 ute under the penalty of having their property 

 destroyed. For provisions and store good* the 

 insariiuui usually paid, but bones they took 

 wfccrmr they found them, without giving com- 

 nenesliuii, and beef cattle too, but they were 

 not to kill cows. Juan Castillo was 

 lot by order of Masso for 

 Masso held the Bayamo 

 vest of Santiago, from the middle of 



f Jnragua went out under 

 Gascon, and on April 21 

 000 men. surprised 60 sol- 



- w^waaf ejBSJOTa vi * * i i 1 1 i 



Mshand, numbering 000 man, surprised 60 sol- 

 BWL Bommsmiud by Lieut Benjamin Galleao. 

 whc ^ b*. left fi the vill^^of Ramonlte 



he 



