27 JULY 1895, Page 2

The revolt in Cuba grows daily more serious, and the

Spanish Government, now thoroughly alarmed, is sending out a fresh army of thirty thousand men,—a tremendous strain on the finances of a country so poor and so badly managed as Spain. The insurgents are equally determined, and are forcing the planters to stop cultivating, and destroying all other forms of industry in order that Spain, if she conquers, shall at any rate have nothing worth keeping. The actual course of fighting is very obscure; but it is evident that last week Marshal Martinez Campos was very nearly captured by the enemy. When at the head of only a hundred men, he became engaged with a larger body of rebels, and fought for five hours, his second in command, General Santo Cildes, being killed. Ultimately, Marshal Campos was relieved by General Valdez, who marched fourteen hundred men to his. support. This is the Spanish account of the affair. That of the rebels describes a real disaster for the Royal troops.