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Courage on the firing line James Creelman at El Caney
War correspondent James Creelman recounts his El Caney siege experience with General Chaffee and Captain Haskell. He describes near death under Spanish fire, crossing trenches to seize the flag, and dictating copy to Hearst as he bleeds and is carried from the fort.
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James Creelman
Greenwich
New Yorker
United States
Paris
New York Herald
Russia
Tolstoy
Mexico
President Diaz
Cuba
Butcher Weyler
el Caney
State Department
Republic
Creelman
Port Arthur
Pattintion
New York
Diaz
America
Iime
Pompeii
el Paso
Hie Fort
Chaffee
Wich
Waleh
Captain Walsh
Walsh
Clark
Haskell
London
Santiago
Shafter
Sawtee
Setaney
Ffort
Ree
Wause
Aperatile
Chafiie
Nours
Frin
Chaliie
Fela, While Here and There Was Eaten the Only.oan
Seneral Chaffee
Taskell
Vioskell
L'ran
John A. Logan
Kent
Eneral
Mr. Hearst
Hearst