Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Mgbe Cambridge gasịrị, Atkins sonyeere "Manchester Guardian". Ọ hapụrụ England na 23 Eprel 1898 dị ka onye mbụ na-ede akụkọ pụrụ iche nke akwụkwọ akụkọ iji kpuchie Spanish-American War nke 1898 na Cuba na Puerto Rico. Atkins kọrọ banyere Agha El Caney
ma soro ndị agha General William Rufus Shafter na-ejide Santiago na Cuba. Na Puerto Rico ọ kọọrọ akụkọ banyere mwakpo a wakporo Asomante Heights ma gbaa General Nelson A. Miles ajụjụ ọnụ.