Cuba and the fight for freedom; a powerful and thrilling history of the "Queen of the Antilles," (1896) (14576483270)

Identifier: cubafightforfree00clar (find matches)
Title: Cuba and the fight for freedom; a powerful and thrilling history of the "Queen of the Antilles,"
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Clark, James Hyde. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Philadelphia, Globe Bible publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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nt telegraphicintercourse ? A few mounted men with half thespirit of the Prussian Uhlans, or a picked band withsome of the dash and determination of Garibaldis thousand, would long ago have burned half thetowers of the Spanish soldiers and overpoweredtheir feeble garrisons ; they would have beaten upthe quarters of the volunteers of the town bya coup de mam ; at all events they would have dis-tinguished themselves by exploits more heroic thanthe mere attack on some lonely plantation and theplunder of its contents. To fight, however, evenwith the odds on their side, to take the initiativeagainst the troops, or even to await their attacks,seems not, at least for the present, to enter intothe plans of the insurgents. On the other handthe troops, whenever they come to any knowledgeof the position of the insurgents, have to plungein single file into the thick of pathless forests;they grope up blindly till warned by a few randomshots of the presence of the insurgents, and they **^,^:--Q.iiB
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FIGHT FOR FREEDOM. 293 fire wildly into the bush without aim, till thesilence of the enemys fire assures them that therebels have decamped, when they take possessionof the abandoned field, sing out Victory, andbring back a mule or a couple of naked negrochildren as spoils and trophies. Tactics of tlie T-wo Armies. The real truth is that both parties are, fromdifTerent reasons, interested in avoiding encoun-ters and prolonging the strife. The Cubans areconfident that time is fighting their battles. Theythink, not without reason, that they must In thelong run tire out, dishearten and demoralize thetroops at present arrayed against them ; and theyrely on the Incessant and Incurable disorders ofSpain for a gradual diminution and final cessationof yearly reinforcements. Already this year, theysay, not more than 2000 men, and of these manyworthless adventurers, have been landed at Nue-vitas. The republic has hardly troops enough toconfront the Carlists in Navarre and the Alphon-sists in Cat