People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1895 — ROUT THE INSURGENTS [ARTICLE]

ROUT THE INSURGENTS

ltattles Iteing Won by ttie Simulat'd* in Culm. Havana, Aug. 22. —According to Spanish official advices Maj. Anni/ual, at the head of 87 infantry and 21 cavalrymen, belonging to the Camajuani squadron, was recently attacked at. Llano by the vanguard, consisting of twenty men, of an insurgent force. The vanguard was commanded by Capt. Gonzales, and the main bod} of the insurgents, amounting to about 100 men, was commanded by Manuel Napoles, who occupied strong positions. Maj. Annibal repulsed the vanguard and killed Gonzales. He then attacked the main body, captured their positions and dispersed the insurgents, who left nine men killed and seventeen saddled horses. The troops also captured six rifles, a small number of machetes, and a quantity of ammunition. On the side of the troops three men were wounded.