But he was not aware of the true condition of the roads. There were no roads.Continuing The Cuban Campaign,with a selection from The Rescue of

While Sampson was returning from his hunt for Cervera at Porto Rico, the Spaniard was sailing due northwest for Santiago de Cuba, which he reached on

A fleet of transport-ships conveying an army over hostile waters is at the mercy of even a very inferior enemy. A single well-directed shell or