Cheered by Campos

(Copyrighted, 1895, by Press Publishing Company)

The arrival of Field Marshal Campos in Cuba has aroused the Spanish soldiers to unwonted activity. A sharp engagement was fought Thursday at Dos Caminos, fifteen miles from here. A force of 200 insurgent cavalry attacked a small fort garrisoned by Spanish soldiers under a sergeant, but could not get inside, being repulsed with heavy loss.

Periquito Perez's band had a brisk skirmish lately with a battalion of Simanca's regiment at Palmarito, near Guantanamo. The Spanish commander, Colonel Boscha, reports having captured ten prisoners.

The World's special correspondent in eastern Cuba has visited the prison in Guantanamo where Adjutant Frank Agramonte, Juan Liniontn, and fourteen others of General Maceo's revolutionist followers are confined. The prison is a one-story building, with an interior court, near the plaza. It is surrounded by Spanish soldiers.

The prisoners were much disappointed because they were not met on landing by the armed force promised by General Maceo.

WEIRD IN SORE STRAITS. They were chased by Spanish troops from Baracoa and faced a strong detachment of soldiers from Guantanamo, in addition to Indian scouts employed by the Spaniards. They had no food on the march save sour oranges. When captured they were too weak to walk 100 yards. They surrendered voluntarily.

General Thor Crombet was in command of the expedition until after the landing, when General Maceo assumed direction. General Crombet was shot by an Indian boy 16 years old. He fired his last cartridge at the boy's father and was standing behind a tree when killed. There was jealousy between Maceo and Crombet.

The prisoners were taken from the battlefield to Jamaica, a small station on the railroad, four miles beyond Guantanamo, and thence to the prison, where they are now. They are kindly treated. It is the policy of the Spaniards to avoid severity.

General Maceo is not openly denounced, but there is a strong feeling against him.