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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