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Marching with Gomez
took to the rising land under gunshot. Then I
turned, to see their owner past any earthly bargain.
8 o'clock a.m. — We are well placed on high land
waiting for them to do something. They can only
attack us at a disadvantage, — and then for a charge.
The enemy are retiring. Wonder what they are at!
Noon. — The Spaniards are in full retreat on the
Puerto Principe road. It appears that they received
a reinforcement of seven hundred men from the city
before daybreak, and it was this reinforcement that
advanced beyond the road and covered the retreat
of the main force.
Gomez has moved into the camp just deserted by
the enemy, and has sent Guerra to harass the retreating column. I find my couch of saplings of
four nights ago, which saves building a new one.
Cot of saplings, with my canvas hammock doing duty as a shelter tent.
6 p.m. — I rode over the camp this afternoon.
There were fully twenty dead horses and mules,
and I have counted ten graves, each evidently containing a number of Spanish soldiers. One of these
graves they dug at the last moment, and the bodies
in it were only partly covered. There were seven
bodies thrown in crosswise, any way at all, and pro-
| 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 | 00000253 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 208 Marching with Gomez took to the rising land under gunshot. Then I turned, to see their owner past any earthly bargain. 8 o'clock a.m. — We are well placed on high land waiting for them to do something. They can only attack us at a disadvantage, — and then for a charge. The enemy are retiring. Wonder what they are at! Noon. — The Spaniards are in full retreat on the Puerto Principe road. It appears that they received a reinforcement of seven hundred men from the city before daybreak, and it was this reinforcement that advanced beyond the road and covered the retreat of the main force. Gomez has moved into the camp just deserted by the enemy, and has sent Guerra to harass the retreating column. I find my couch of saplings of four nights ago, which saves building a new one. Cot of saplings, with my canvas hammock doing duty as a shelter tent. 6 p.m. — I rode over the camp this afternoon. There were fully twenty dead horses and mules, and I have counted ten graves, each evidently containing a number of Spanish soldiers. One of these graves they dug at the last moment, and the bodies in it were only partly covered. There were seven bodies thrown in crosswise, any way at all, and pro- |
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