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The Flag of the Havana Light Volunteer Infantry Battalion

Contributed by Francisco Jose Diaz Diaz


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Flag of the Havana Volunteer Light Infantry Battalion

This is what remains of the flag of the Havana Volunteer Light Infantry Battalion. This unit, composed of  cuban businessmen, was raised in 1895 to support Spanish Army and served in the Havana Military District of Cuba during the Spanish American War.

Bibliography:

"En guerra con los Estados Unidos. Cuba 1898" ( In the War Against the United States. Cuba 1898) by Carrasco García, Antonio, published by Editorial Almena S.L, Madrid 1998.


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