Notes of a War Correspondent

Transcribed from the 1911 Harper and Brothers edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
by RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
illustrated
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK::::::::::::::::::::::::1911
Copyright, 1897, by HARPER & BROTHERS

Copyright, 1898, 1900, 1910, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Contents:
The Cuban-Spanish War The Death of Rodriguez The Greek-Turkish War The Battle of Velestinos The Spanish-American War I. The Rough Riders at Guasimas II. The Battle of San Juan Hill III. The Taking of Coamo IV. The Passing of San Juan Hill The South African War I. With Buller’s Column II. The Relief of Ladysmith III. The Night Before the Battle The Japanese-Russian War Battles I did not see A War Correspondent’s Kit
Adolfo Rodriguez was the only son of a Cuban farmer, who lived nine miles outside of Santa Clara, beyond the hills that surround that city to the north.
When the revolution in Cuba broke out young Rodriguez joined the insurgents, leaving his father and mother and two sisters at the farm. He was taken, in December of 1896, by a force of the Guardia Civile, the corps d’élite of the Spanish army, and defended himself when they tried to capture him, wounding three of them with his machete.