2-710-029 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Taking of Guaimaro, 17-28 October 1896, (1927). Scene from the Cuban War of Independence: assault on Gonfau Fort by the forces of Major General Calixto Garcia. On the roof of the fort, Comandante Luis Rodolfo Miranda unfurls the flag which he carried during the mission. General Menocal was in command of the attacking force. Painting in the Cuban Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. From "Legacion de la Republica de Cuba en Bruselas", a booklet of postcard views of the Cuban embassy in Brussels. [1927]