Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1895 — THE CUBAN WAR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE CUBAN WAR.

The Insurgents Making Headway in the Struggle for Freedom. Recent reports from Cuba indicate that the insurgent army is gradually encroaching on Havana. It is now on the outskirts of the great sugar district and is increasing its ranks daily. According to a letter from the Marquis de Santa Lucia, who some time ago joined the insurgents, the two divisions of the army number 25,000 men and 10,000 of these are well armed and splendidly equipped. One division is under Gen. Antonio Maeeo in

Santiago, while Gen. Gomez commands another in Camaguey. Meantime the Spanish army is becoming daily more disheartened and there are numerous desertions to the ranks of the insurgents. Gen. Campos who, when he reached Cuba, announced that he would have the rebellion crashed in a couple of months has utterly failed to make any impression on the insurgents, although nearly 20,000 troops more than he asked for hare been sent him. The cry is still for more troops—a proof in itself that the rebellion is serious and that the Spanish forces to-day on the island are unable to cope with the plucky insurgents.

GENERAL ANTONIO MACEO.