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To sever communications between Havana and the rest of the world by dividing- the cables as Admiral Dewey did at Manila, has been the object of numerous daring adventures. In the view here shown, the launches of the United States cruiser " Marblehead," and of the gun-boat "Nashville," are engaged in grappling for the cable at silencing some Cienfuegos, Cuba. They were all the time under a perfect volcano of tire from the shore. The gunboats and launches returned the fire with great execution, any circumstance can make of the most active batteries. One American was killed and six wounded. Later two of the wounded men died. It is.hard for one to believe that or praise. Another act, mention receives special individual a man more truly heroic or deserving of greater laudation than these daring yet essential feats, in which no perhaps requiring no greater courage, is singled out to make the men an undying name in the history of their country as heroes of the war. After several attempts the cables at Cienfuegos were cut, and Cuba was not only blockaded but isolated from the rest of the world.