Transcriber Note Text emphasis denoted as _Italic_. [Illustration: "A RUSH WAS MADE AND THE OX CART CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT."] WHEN SANTIAGO FELL OR _THE WAR ADVENTURES OF TWO CHUMS_ BY CAPTAIN RALPH BONEHILL AUTHOR OF "A SAILOR BOY WITH DEWEY," "OFF FOR HAWAII," "GUN AND SLED," "LEO, THE CIRCUS BOY," "RIVAL BICYCLISTS," ETC. [Illustration] CHATTERTON-PECK COMPANY NEW YORK, N. Y. BY THE SAME AUTHOR WITH CUSTER IN THE BLACK HILLS; Or, A Young Scout among the Indians. BOYS OF THE FORT; Or, A Young Captain's Pluck. THE YOUNG BANDMASTER; Or, Concert Stage and Battlefield. WHEN SANTIAGO FELL; Or, The War Adventures of Two Chums. A SAILOR BOY WITH DEWEY; Or, Afloat in the Philippines. OFF FOR HAWAII; Or, The Mystery of a Great Volcano. _12mo, finely illustrated and bound in cloth. Price, per volume, 60 cents._ NEW YORK CHATTERTON-PECK COMPANY 1905 Copyright, 1899, by THE MERSHON COMPANY PREFACE. "When Santiago Fell," while a complete story in itself, forms the first volume of a line to be issued under the general title of the "Flag of Freedom Series" for boys. My object in writing this story was to present to American lads a true picture of life in the Cuba of to-day, and to show what a fierce struggle was waged by the Cubans against the iron-handed mastery of Spain previous to the time that our own glorious United States stepped in and gave to Cuba the precious boon of liberty. The time covered is the last year of the Cuban-Spanish War and our own campaign leading up to the fall of Santiago. It may be possible that some readers may think the adventures of the two chums over-drawn, but this is hardly a fact. The past few years have been exceedingly bitter ones to all living upon Cuban soil, and neither life nor property has been safe. Even people who were peaceably inclined were drawn into the struggle against their will, and the innocent, in many cases, suffered with the guilty. This war, so barbarously carried on, has now come to an end; and, under the guiding hand of Uncle Sam, let us trust that Cuba and her people will speedily take their rightful place among the small but well-beloved nations of the world--or, if not this, that she may join the ever-increasing sisterhood of our own States. Once more thanking my numerous young friends for their kind reception of my previous works, I place this volume in their hands, trusting that from it they may derive much pleasure and profit. Captain Ralph Bonehill. _January 1, 1899._ CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE