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Chapter VIII
The Battle of Saratoga
Headquarters l of Gomez ' Staff, Najaza, Puerto Principe
Province, — Thursday, June i i th.
FOR the first time since he has been in
Camaguey, Spanish troops have come out
to meet Gomez. Two infantry regiments,
numbering nearly two thousand men, and two
hundred cavalry, marched from the city of Puerto
Principe to within three leagues of us three days ago.
I send to the Journal my field notes of the three days'
fighting which has intervened.
The First Day, June gth. — At daybreak we had
news that General Jimenez Castellanos was marching from Puerto Principe to meet us. Gomez is
breaking camp. He has four hundred cavalry and
one hundred infantry.2
2 p.m.— We have marched in solid column by
the high-road towards Puerto Principe to meet the
Spaniards; but they have passed in by a roundabout way, and are encamped on the Saratoga estate,
near Najaza Mountain, where we camped yesterday.
We turn back, taking their trail. The road is cut
deep with ruts of field-pieces and caissons.
4 p.m. — Smoke of the Spanish camp-fires in full
1 From the Neiv York Journal, July 5, 1896.
2 Exclusive of one hundred impedimenta.
| 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 | 00000243 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | Chapter VIII The Battle of Saratoga Headquarters l of Gomez ' Staff, Najaza, Puerto Principe Province, — Thursday, June i i th. FOR the first time since he has been in Camaguey, Spanish troops have come out to meet Gomez. Two infantry regiments, numbering nearly two thousand men, and two hundred cavalry, marched from the city of Puerto Principe to within three leagues of us three days ago. I send to the Journal my field notes of the three days' fighting which has intervened. The First Day, June gth. — At daybreak we had news that General Jimenez Castellanos was marching from Puerto Principe to meet us. Gomez is breaking camp. He has four hundred cavalry and one hundred infantry.2 2 p.m.— We have marched in solid column by the high-road towards Puerto Principe to meet the Spaniards; but they have passed in by a roundabout way, and are encamped on the Saratoga estate, near Najaza Mountain, where we camped yesterday. We turn back, taking their trail. The road is cut deep with ruts of field-pieces and caissons. 4 p.m. — Smoke of the Spanish camp-fires in full 1 From the Neiv York Journal, July 5, 1896. 2 Exclusive of one hundred impedimenta. |
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