504 ON THE EMPLOYMENT OF ARTILLERY IN CUBA. 
the troops were disembarked and got into attack for- 
mation they repulsed the enemy, but Colonel Vidal main- 
tains that if there had been a field-piece on the train to 
cover the disembarkation the loss alluded to might have 
been saved, the principal loss to the attackers being at 
the moment of alighting from the train. 
Colonel Vidal concludes his paper by saying that he is of course 
aware that he has put forward nothing new, but he ventures to think 
that the simple auxiliaries he has advocated might be of great use on 
the principle that “ small causes may produce great results.” 
