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.

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony

9 pages in this part of The Story of Cuba.

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony

The Double-Entry Historical Bookkeeping of the Battles in Cuba--The Remarkable Characteristics of Discrepancy--The Havana and Key West…

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony: Spanish

Guadalajara battalion, while marching to San Miguel, met a party of 600 rebels, commanded by Aguirre and Morejon. A fierce fight ensued…

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony: Maceo

The following is the way one of Maceo's "battles" appeared after it reached Havana by a private conveyance, and flashed through the secret…

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony: Linares

The functions of the telegraph operators in breaking up the Spanish combinations are sometimes candidly set forth as in this curious…

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…

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony: Hernandez

Col. Hernandez reports having a fight with the rebel bands of Masso and Acea near San Felipe. The enemy occupied strong positions, but were…

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony: Spaniards

And the Spaniards had their innings, if we can believe their own accounts: General Gonzalez Munoz reports that he has dispersed the rebels…

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony: Senor

He seemed to be confronted by a situation for a moment only, when he said, sadly and earnestly: "I am your friend, Senor, but I should have…

An Irrepressible Conflict of Testimony: Weyler

Meantime there is a letter from Maximo Gomez, saying: We have a great military advantage over the enemy in the incapacity of the majority…

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