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Marching with Gomez
posed it were as freakish in costume and equipment
as those I had seen with Lacret; but better mounted,
because horse-flesh was more plentiful in Las Villas
than in Matanzas.
In spite of the non-aggressive disposition of the
impedimenta, it is on record as having captured a
garrisoned town. It was during the invasion of
Havana Province by Gomez and Maceo, when the
horsemen of the
great cavalry leader,
and the awful infantry of Quintin
Bandera were
sweeping the Island,
and La Reforma,
Calimete, and Mai
Tiempo were fresh
in the minds of
Spanish soldiery.
The advance guard
of Gomez was to
take a certain town :
accounts differ as
to the name of the town, and I repeat the facts as I
heard them. By a mistake of the guide, so the
story goes, the armed force took the wrong road
and marched past the town before they knew it.
They did not go back; for their orders were " Forward, always forward, to Pinar del Rio."
But the unconscious impedimenta, scrambling
along half a mile behind, took the right road.
Before them lay the town they believed already
theirs. They saw the chapel spire, the red roofs,
" A fat stingy Spaniard for host.''
| Title | Marching with Gomez |
| Creator | Flint, Grover |
| Publisher | Lamson, Wolffe and company |
| Place of Publication | Boston, New York [etc.] |
| Date | 1898 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000171 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 132 Marching with Gomez posed it were as freakish in costume and equipment as those I had seen with Lacret; but better mounted, because horse-flesh was more plentiful in Las Villas than in Matanzas. In spite of the non-aggressive disposition of the impedimenta, it is on record as having captured a garrisoned town. It was during the invasion of Havana Province by Gomez and Maceo, when the horsemen of the great cavalry leader, and the awful infantry of Quintin Bandera were sweeping the Island, and La Reforma, Calimete, and Mai Tiempo were fresh in the minds of Spanish soldiery. The advance guard of Gomez was to take a certain town : accounts differ as to the name of the town, and I repeat the facts as I heard them. By a mistake of the guide, so the story goes, the armed force took the wrong road and marched past the town before they knew it. They did not go back; for their orders were " Forward, always forward, to Pinar del Rio." But the unconscious impedimenta, scrambling along half a mile behind, took the right road. Before them lay the town they believed already theirs. They saw the chapel spire, the red roofs, " A fat stingy Spaniard for host.'' |
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