This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...had much improved their Intelligence Service, and had begun to find more support lately among the rural population. In this way they had been informed of the approach of Maceo and of the gathering of the rebels. General Ahumada instantly sent out the picked troops Jie had in Havana--cavalry, artillery, and ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 edition. Excerpt: ...had much improved their Intelligence Service, and had begun to find more support lately among the rural population. In this way they had been informed of the approach of Maceo and of the gathering of the rebels. General Ahumada instantly sent out the picked troops Jie had in Havana--cavalry, artillery, and battalions seasoned by more than a year's stay in Cuba. Three columns went forward, exploring the country between Havana and the Trocha on the Mariel side, under General Figueron and two colonels. Maceo had only been three days in the province of Havana, and the Madrid Government was much displeased when it heard that he had passed the Trocha and that for forty-eight hours the news had been kept secret from their General. The Final Tragedy. It would have gone hard with General Weyler if Maceo had succeeded even in making only a rapid dash to the suburbs of the capital, as he intended. The fortune of war favored the Governor-General of Cuba. As he was hurrying back post-haste with seven battalions, several squadrons, and mountain artillery--as soon as General Ahumada had informed him that his enemy was on the Havana side of the Trocha--Maceo fell in an obscure fight with a small Spanish column of four hundred and eighty men, commanded by a Major Cirujeda, who only became aware of the significance and importance of his brush with the rebels when he was retiring towards Havana with his wounded and dead. He then discovered that a bugler and a guide of his column had found important papers, documents, arms, clothing, a field diary, field glasses, and watches, which showed that the bodies rifled by them were those of Maceo and his Aide-de-Camp, the son of Maximo Gomez. Major Cirujeda ordered at once another advance to seize the corpses. The...
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B&W Phototographs. Fair. J No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Basically disbound, the rear board is hinged and held to volume by binding threads. The text is solid and unmarked. Heavy wear and chipping to spine. FFEP and next page are loose.
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Very Good+ No Jacket Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 569pp/illus. Two books in one volume. "A comprehensive, accurate and thrilling history of the Spanish Kingdom and its latest and fairest Colony; the long Struggle of Cuba for Freedom and Independence; the Intervention of the United States and the Fierce War with Spain that followed. A record of oppression and patriotism, of cruelty and of valor, and above all of the triumph of the Stars and Stripes. Clean.
