The Gussie Expedition: Landing horses through the surf under fire from the shore. The Gussie was an officially sponsored supply vessel whose captain's poor choice of landing spots resulted in two failed attempts to deliver cargo to Cuban rebels during The Spanish-American War in 1898. After the drawing by Zogbaum.

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The Gussie Expedition: Landing horses through the surf under fire from the shore. The Gussie was an officially sponsored supply vessel whose captain's poor choice of landing spots resulted in two failed attempts to deliver cargo to Cuban rebels during The Spanish-American War in 1898. After the drawing by Zogbaum. From Harper's Pictorial History of the War With Spain, published 1899.

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