Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1896 — BATTLE BETWEEN SPANIARDS AND CUBANS AT CALIMETE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BATTLE BETWEEN SPANIARDS AND CUBANS AT CALIMETE.

The battle of Calimete was one of the hardest fought of the war. Generals Gomez and Maceo commanded the Cubans and Colon< Perada the Spaniards. The Cubans were attacked by the Spaniards in early morning and succeeded in forcing their assailants to retreat, leaving their dead and wounded. The Cubans lost 20 killed and 60 wounded, and the Spaniards 260 in all. Had the Cubans’ ammunition not given out the Spanish loss would have been greater.