

hlle 

 l two 



vrn any real understanding of the itu- 



r an- 



UDCing that the war a not uj-.n thr n. _ 

 d been supposed by the raw recruit* an.i 



he rul.au 



Etovnged will !.... M I . mn I 



r against the white Cuban or the white 



The D. . ii|..iti..i. .-r the sacking of Jaruoo, 



: .iu-h infaiitr. 



r Maceo end Gomes ba k and 



,h Matnn/u- and Havana province* for nearly 



. at any decisive a< 

 other than the slaughter 



nd a f.--* 



Maceo set cuter that province and oc- 



cupy it. With a h..-t ..( f--.. . i-. he entered the 



.Hid a k 'ai: 



: get his colunn be was 



well on his way into the pacified . The 



teens 



Las v r was sup|wscd to have 



. the e-' 



ince. Maceo, after one or two sharp fights, took 



a ten* in tl 



instead of 

 sending picked bodies of cavalry to pursue him 



ami uting hi* infantry t.. -he Held |K-rroa- 



WsenWt- in the construction of tr- 



va- run U-twi-vn Mariel and Majana, was 18 



mile* ! "AntirTH for the t f the 



I cart nm i and 



It at inter- 



>o yards along this road and fences of 



f the 



Insurgent cavalry. Two month- were .-jK-nt in the 



construction of thin line, and it u i that 



0,000 troops were required f..r it- d 



meantime Maceo. with hi- f.-r.-. - <1: n th.- 



.iccupied himself with taking possession of 



untry. As Maceo's previous ninn-h through 



the province .i- OM --f triumph, it now 



one of t.-rn.r Mm eo hi 



ants ami thnr foilowr 

 thotK* ini|'Ut'il to th 



dee the eookcr for informa- 



wnl ..f th.- Simniani t<> depend 



.iri;i' |.ro|M.rtion,,f (^ulrtr^ 



grievance against Spain. iii not favor the in 



Hut up.-n Ma- i. I.I. -n ami wild nih 



'\f t.-rntorv t )..- p 



l.-ry:u Helderesfx 



IM! ' i the rank and file 



C thr town- whirh had siirrei;- 

 i. On -.\rral occasion!* he metc<! 



-non laws 

 cency and good faith, and their placarded 



per- 



n 'linfr to a ire* as a | r*. f that 



with GoMiet he ). 



. 



ftr>. 



be at ooce bun*' 

 k 'huut the iuuthrrn |*rt 



L. .,> -:...,.,: ; -. ,-.: i 



' . -: ' . , 



.-..- . 





..'...". 

 . ,-r'a /' :- 



that the 



it a a frruueot 

 much at night, oo the prH< 

 occupant wa not wholly oppurtl \t, 

 liaml 

 farmer gatbrring swert | 



,1., . ,...}.. .f f. rt , ... , ;. . - . - 

 ... . .:.---.,: ,;. . .-...-. 



i, '...- i ... i , . : . . 



flcee piim down, and the f^in<fy deaoleied ttH 

 depopulated. -To the trvncnr* or to the moun- 

 tains ! " was the iosurfrat cry ae they rode about 



was caugh . ; 



It has been reported t 

 man I. udes was marked by the 



hanged to the trees, and th- climax was i 



wh< did make- their escape to the Spanish fortified 

 towns were not all >ain in am' 



the least expected moment the insurgents would 

 concentrate, and under the .-..\-r f darknes* crawl 

 nil to the t..wn. or into it. am! then, with a wild 

 whoop and flaming torch, set fire to the frail houses 



a<k and j iy 1. 1(96. oiilr four 



intrenched ai:-: " were Irft in the 



hand- of the Spantar southern part of the 



nee. and as these were orercrowded with refu> 

 gees, their condition wan pitiful. Appeals were 



m was 



to do 



heir condition, hut his only answer was 



the sufferers must submit. Operating columns 



hack and forth through the province 



with' -ill n ak:i . 



-. ami although they 



maestri on several occasions to attack Maceo in his 



gto their lack 

 mat ion and military a 

 discomfited on every occasion. Ihtring the 

 month"* that followed operations were at a 

 holding the trocha and 

 Maceo holding the province. The Captain General 

 V *ad t, E . MM i mfci :-.:. pen 

 ami even Weyler's own constituents be*:, 

 sins of discontent. To the east of the trocha the 

 rvUUc..ntiiuie,l to I...M f.rth in 

 nn. ling towns end burning cane fields 

 factories. Operations were continued on the part 

 of the Spaniards by marching small columns from 

 upon ponffaot. and having an 

 occasional brush with the armed bands. During 

 the* r-. Khfl nmnJ Inmnenl , iden wm I 

 hHrfad^ng Zavas, M iral!. Sanchez, and Joel M 

 Gomel with his escort retired to Santa Clara, ami 

 - into his old territory of < amaguey. where, 

 gathering about MO followers, he met Gen. Jimenes 

 CnstflUnos, who had sallied o 

 with 2.000 troops. The Spanish general unable to 

 handle such a 11 ml ing himself 



att M a square, where he was at the 



men . i-urgent fire until he ordered are- 



treat.' Hi- want of practical military knowledge, 

 cost him the lives of more than 200 soldiers, 



