The Story of Cuba

“The Story of Cuba is a tragedy.” Murat Halstead wrote it while the insurrection was still burning — four centuries of Spanish rule, the sugar and slave economy, Weyler’s camps, and an America deciding whether to intervene.

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An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony: Inclan

The Spaniards had another day of hard luck when at Cayojabos, the rebels took possession of the burned town for a camp. Gen. Linares, Col. Francis and Col. Inclan attacked them. Col. Frances arrived first. Gen. Linares and Col. Inclan heard cannonading and rifle fire and hurried on. The fight here lasted four hours, and the Spanish had four captains and seven lieutenants killed, the killed and wounded soldiers numbered nearly 300. The rebels captured 1,000 rifles, and, on account of their strong position in the town, got through the day with about eighty losses, dead and wounded, as nearly as can be learned. Then we have something of another sort:

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