01 MA. 



ni 



rtth 000 SMB. CantOred the village of 



of Rahi, 1,500 

 HOTC. fell upon the Spaniards with their MO- 



<AS*M.ai..l kill. 



-.-.:.,,.. ' 



act of a >iani"n emissary in ine i.min 



,-.. In these places be gut 800 Maassr 





'. 



army stores, MM de- 



1 A I form > 



.ti. n> N plant. ti n "ii 



,.t tottooitn dev- 



'uiiit H T ; MI- w r ' ' ! ' r ' \ " I 



uttf o(T tli. Hiippltes 



4uel. ami Nit.- vitas, 



. railway*. an<l telegraphs 



he Spanish cavalry, after 



;uas. were afraid !' meet 

 >f ul in repressing the rev- 





:-.:: 



' Bud 





1 ; , - 



n arms n 

 t in each case 



i province also; out wnen 

 ma general through the 



Jucara in 



tea from crossing over to 

 rebel army of Camaguey. 



roholrt thft f}ovoriiii>iit 



lays*, a gi 

 di*rut J 



rt.-d Ui.it M w ti .i -. : ' : \ ..\i r 

 lofT- in- n * .' '.'"i V. _'. A .'.i. 



.^ainot him at Vi*t.- 



.i Ik-lit with Col. '/M- 

 SAora :' ilia. 



i places and fa t.-,-t th. ir 



ttaes of commtiiiirtiiiii. in July 1 th. n-U-N 

 lost a dashing fighter in Amu t. who 



ifter he I.,. 

 featr*! a land ..f (tuveniment v.iliint<ers at Pal- 



^^m near Portillo with 4 cannon and a qiian- 

 n -h he abandoned t 



returning with 

 ;! l.."M men 'ii tin- f..i;.. 

 i ami t.- 'r. 



rao. near Jiguani. tn the Man- 

 anillo ,U< with 500 fresh 



was beguiled by a false message into a 



a plan of lien. Salefdo to dote in 

 Macro's camp at San Jorge with the 

 S avarro and Gen. Gasoo. 



Bandera, when attacked bv 1JMO nrwlv laadad 



troops under Gt Navarn. at (i ran Pie 



h nftV firr frtrta cover 



followed by a maektt* charge, and mptured a 

 large f|imnt it y of arm* ami ammunition. 

 1 1 it position the same < 



wan 



|m* uwued anew 



.. proraisinir immunity t 



who surrendered, while those caught with 



in their bands would be tried by court-martial 



iin.i tot, and BOMpteft r. sjaft n -, hstaa tj 



d.i u- - 



July there was an encounter U 

 : latin (Sam 111 ami (*m. Navarr 

 Avispero. in h .niards lost 30 UUbd 



m troops concentrated by Macao in the 



layamo 



ry train of snpnfies that was 

 "f) men started from 



Masaino under Marahal ram| and Gen. Pidal 

 Bantoeildes for th. r. ... ' . ' , - .-. .- pnr> 

 MIS attacked on July 11 at PeraEjo, 



. - v . 



,:-,-: 



near ValswJwall, by 8,700 insuffssjti 

 ceo, who made an 



i .-I...1 h> MatT. it. defending whom Gen. 

 Santocikles was killed. The Spaniattb wera 

 caught in an ambush and surrounded on four 

 sides. After fight i nc >n th.- defensive for five 

 hours, they broke through the cordon and re- 

 treated to Itayamo. the rear guard fighting all 



led. The Cubans, who lost 100 saem. 



rii|.tun-.l the Spanish ammunition train. 



Campos remained in liavamo ut 

 Valte arrived on July 21 with 1.400 SMI 

 protM-t hi*, r.trvat ova? the road by whi 

 he came. Songo and the other ontposU war* 



i! I- . ' '--.' K.o - 



the garrison 

 ft 



aft.r th-v ha.) 

 cent rate K 



n and hi% 



of the fort at 



the town to ashes in order to force the traps to 



niinvndrr. Th.-y werv rrlievcd at Urt I 



Xamora frttm Ifa'raroa, who inflicted a loss of 30 



ml escorted the garrison away 



Baire 



was hssiapd and captured on July 30 by Kahi. 

 who paroled the garrison of 30 men after they 

 Mirrvmlervd. The Spanuh tmopa under Gen, 



to aft i-r wan I rrtoik the place. 



The Provisional Government was formally 



in the vallev of the Yara. and a 



declaration of independence was proclaimed on 



held n tho Ihierto 



Principe district on Aug. 7 the following officer. 



t* oeam: PratMoS Pieaidaml ' i: - 



ha, Oen. Bartoiome Masso; Minister 



of the Int Marquis of Santa Lucia; 



