

l.y wailing in the hallow water out at sea, joined 

 proceed to the west, he vent a f ar a* 



Mil. f tti .. 



geou until in the vicinitr of Los Palo*, where hr re- 

 crivrd word that a form under the ^^vt of the 



-. NegotitfkMsi 



as r> 



,'.:... 1 ' 



Uw 



he enemy when attacked, 

 ree and iwW*,' 





PSJM|O wait 



. 





 '* OMB wa i ni t|..Mfi rt f 



un-i-nt Un.U in (I,. | r MI,. , . ..f 

 Matanxa*. rontnlly purunl 



IP--J-. r- h.i ..-.,- 



theearlj ; in : r< - ,. 

 lj*rrt, who ha'! cumtnni 



>tti done some hard 

 campaigning, keeping * 



ctimnijin.t b\ (i..m-z. lie was 

 he ooetoM, r- 



Ill the laltrr |n of 



a lar. ... Hav*. 



Sji SJ .:. !,, -a- i. 



. - I l. I, 



. . - r -- r- '.-.... : .. 



Mfe Ml |-ra'..- M VI f. f.. I. . 



TteQwUOBefMar ions 



d 



i 

 his arrival in 



. f . . 





ite all who were caught 

 a tag some Govern n i 



guei was sent to tak< 



: in tlu- pro\mT. I 



Ruling to recog- 

 out a competent one, were gen- 



-ttfESft...*.* 



as and Havana province*, I 



<Table force, be was oonnnoil 

 Siguanea mountain* . I M Villas by the S|*n- 



Gen. Jtise' Maria Aguirre, commandrr of tl 

 vana brigade, died of pneumonia, at (Vilta M 

 December, 1896. and hi- force separated b 

 n ii ii Mall hand*, tin- most impt>rtant of 



h pro VIM! to be that commanded by Nestor 

 >guren. on the nic 



train between Havana and the suburban village of 



'labaooa, taking prisoner* ten unarmed Span- 



I'h officers and three Cubans. After oondnoUnf 



i> . amp in th,- M.I ruco, he set 



n all at liberty with the OBOntioi 



Cubans, wl !!is ac- 



in rvl.-a> li prisoners created a 



great deal of favorable comment for the in-urgent*. 



leoniad 



>h |M-nr. Utii/. mho 



in frm i. |>ositione of 

 t'ulmn a 



In September !!. who corn- 



A SAKSJCAOKO 



order was not put into force, owing chiefly u> the 

 tiat the insurgents began to ffcct 



thrir |-.liry of f.n<vntrati<jn in t|j- 

 inces. The insurgent chiefs drove all the nnsjeosa 

 Utant* out of Pinar lrl Kio, except where the 

 !. tr.- r .lefend then behind 



trenches, and in the central provinces they 

 mail. . .,* ..f the new republic or heiMirt 



Bummer of 18M the eaMlaf 

 of the concentratttl portjb* had already begva 

 by Ik. troona. but iKtle 



attention was given to the 'fnhjecC Xpp^* 



made to Gen. \\ 



to aid them till their MinVriag* were Mich that 

 the muni.-i|l autl. f the 



veer managed to supply the needy with daily ra- 

 tions. These were cooked la caldrons in the ones) 

 streets and served to all comers, who carried the 

 food awav in whatever receptacle they might have 

 at hand. * When Weyler decided to take the field 

 l-Tntr atfaintt the 



Maeto in Pbat 



i )UH i-.lv l.n.iiK'lit to Havana, cree of 



id unmounted, rn.- loft in romiuan-i f 

 teee punned the usual tactics of 



outlook for the Spanth troops ami run- 



ipon their approach. 



rarrailo with ti\- ct>mpenies of 

 of infantry l-ft Havana, soour- 

 hout finding any trace of 



Rio he 



- 



. 1W6, 



his de- 

 lUit in 



Pinar !! Hio all the pe>ple except hij avowed ene- 

 mies hail alrra.lv concent rated. In the t4ber prov- 

 inces it was a fact well-known by the Spaniards 

 that no one was allowed to remain outside their 



to help the cave af 



linen by the rebels unless there to help the cause Of 



<r...rr..t ; .. n . OOssMMBth ^ 



to allow BO one to five outside the Spanish lines, 

 Adjoining each city or town fields were marked 



