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THE CAPTURE OF A FLAG"^ 



From General Fiinston"s book, the fol- 

 lowing recital of a daring feat in Cuba by 

 a Cuban lieutenant is taken : 



"The capture of Guaimaro blockhouse was 

 a vigorous piece of fighting, the value of 

 success being all the greater for the store 

 of food and water found in the place. A 

 box of biscuits was found with its upper 

 half saturated with blood, but it was no 

 time to be fastidious, so the damaged 

 layers were removed and the uninjured 

 contents thrown to the hungry tnen out- 

 side : 



"In the meantime several officers of 

 General Garcia's staff had reached us, and 

 called attention to the fact that the Spanish 

 flag was still floating from the pole on the 

 blockhouse. This would never do, and it 

 must come down. But it could not be 

 lowered, being nailed to the staff. One of 

 these officers, Lieutenant Luis Rodolfo 



"Memories of Two Wars," by Frederick 

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.Miranda, said he would bring down the 

 flag, and several of us went out and from 

 the safe side of the structure watched the 

 operation. With assistance Miranda 

 reached the roof, and slowly and painfully 

 began drawing himself up the pole, which 

 was about eighteen feet high and four 

 inches in diameter. Every Spaniard in 

 Guaimaro could see him, and I believe, too, 

 a man tried to bring the gallant fellow 

 down. Bullets hissed and crackled all 

 about, and beat a constant tattoo on the 

 blockhouse. The pole above or below 

 him was hit several times. For a few 

 moments that seemed endless we looked 

 on in an agony of suspense, expecting 

 every moment to see him come crashing 

 down on the tiled roof. We begged him 

 to give it up and wait for night, but he 

 kept on, reached the flag, cut it loose with 

 his pocket-knife, slid down the polg with 

 it. ran to the eaves, and leaped to the 

 ground fifteen feet below. It would be 

 difficult to imagine a feat of more reckless 

 daring, and yet I have heard some of my 

 own countrymen damn the whole Cuban 

 people as a race of cowards.'" 



