Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-04-29
WOMEN FIGHT.
,cca,pTloN OF THE coUR-
 o,,s BAND IN CUBA.

'sous BAND IN eo1A'
 ,,a Sisters at the Recent
 " palma-senorita Palmas
 < sl the oommand-H'w They
 .;,ation composed of women
 sl',,s sar ruban independence with
 4 ECO 70 A correspondent watch
 pas l,ans in the west of the island
 'lls lpstsresting letter, in which he
 the most courageous body of ! " 'rer saw. I have seen them
 l.uajshes and one battle, that
 ', ,sl Rio, and not one of them
 ', as even when men were fall
 s's 'nd wounded all around them. E \ ap aghting lasts they show no
 ' tnt Y when the last shot is fired
 Y ", women throw themselves on
 '.a sa and give way to a delirium
 ,. stirmish at La Palma I saw
 Y isabella and Mercedes Ve-
 members of one of the
 shmilies of the eastern part of \ fighting side by side. They I teep near each other. Isabel
 s,aupest, was 8 frail little girl
 'tban 1T years old. During a Esl1iers the sisters were separat- v man throw himself on Isa- sbout to cut her down with a # nbeu the sisters fought their l,r side and cast themselves at <, with indescribable ferocity. strong man and could easily ..bt the women away. Sudden s[sn jumped backward and turn z ,l isabella alone facing him. H .sd to admire the bravery of the in a spirit of gallantry tried without hurting her. But Isa- 8 not want him to get away M ,ko aimed a blow at him with saae. The fiat side fell upon his 11d he fell. While prostrate the |z,i struck upward. and his weap- s 1en the head of the girl. She 86sW what hurt her.
 ,Ales and Henrietta went at the a7l sses. Before he could re- \ teet they had literally cut him s The body of the Spanish sol 8s IS cuts. The living sisters z look at Isabella to see that she
 merely wounded, and satisfy aslYes that she was beyond aid, bed into the fight again. When atb was over and the Spanish |7ing in every direction, then the zbOd of the girls appeared. They S Ihe dead body of their sister, zhamelYes upon it, and gave way # giaf. Other women approached ka. with feminine tact, to con q bereaved ones. Mercedes, the ! ister, spat and stamped on the ] the man who killed Isabella.
 Ras witnessed by Lieutenant 8 Maceo's staff, who sternly re- Hrpedes, reminding her of the aaat provided by the general for elb profaned dead enemies. The I authority restrained the girls, anded them that they had laid &EsmanhOod when they became I So they dried their eyes and set aFing the sister. She was laid
 separate grave, and the sis S the spot with their comrades. j idol of Maceo's command ia # Rlorencia Palmas, who distin- 7 herself in the hot engagement #ah ago near Havana city by
 @ rise of ground while the N raging below her and coolly |sing shot after shot at the ene-
 n woman is a splendid shot, as
 Hd by the fact that at the close lsht, captain, a lieutenant and FAtlers lay dead from her bullets. s'lOn on the hill made her a good
 Spanish bullets; but, although anumber of times, she came out lght sound as a dollar. Sonora
 @mfades cheered her as she
 way and her example caused sE io fight like demons. At tho
 the battle Maceo had Sonora
 sorted before him, and public
 "a her for the example she had Amen, The sonora follows her
 Hho is q rebel leader. She is aa stock, but was born in Cuba
 aled in the United States. Her
 , American born, but grew up sand' and owns a large planta- aaanzas province.
 women have been commissioned aalfy detachment. They ride aef horses and rush like furies
 ae when the bugle sounds the
 They took pride in competing
 men for the most dangerous sat the fall of Pinar del Rio. as would undoubtedly be much 4W We're 1t not for the chivalry sa soldiers, who never seek to
 Y unless necessity causes self s8n Captain General Weylel a orders that women warriors ' DC killed ill battle unless " preserve the lives of Span
 as a His commands are that @.Oe captured alive and treated
 ue courtesies due their sex.
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