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I enlisted in the ranks of General Carlos
Salgado on the 28th of August 1927. We
left the camp at Zapote the 30th of the present.
We reached Telpaneca on the 31st of same.
The 1st of September a patrol of the Salgado
forces left and met the enemy and there was a
battle at the point called Carbonal. The
2nd there was another battle at the point
Apamiguel with the constabulary and the Machos
where four Yankees and soldiers of the country
died of the enemy, and there also died three
Liberals and two wounded of the patrol commanded
by Major Lobo. We entered San Juan de
Segovia the 3rd of September 1927. We left
San Juan the 15th. We reached a point
called Zapotillal, and we left the 8th of
September and arrived at Santa Ana on the 7th of
September. General Salgado had an
interview with General Sandino. The 9th we
went to Chipote divided in three columns.
The 11th the cavalry of 100 men went out at the
command of Colonels Sanchez and Colindres to
fight the enemy at the town of Telpaneca.
The 13th the larger force left for Telpaneca to
help in the same attack.
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source: English
only, n.d., HOL. RG127/43A/29
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