Kammala wannan magana: Bayan Cambridge, Atkins ya shiga "Manchester Guardian". Ya bar Ingila a ranar 23 ga Afrilu 1898 a matsayin wakilin farko na musamman na jaridar don rufe Yakin Spain da Amurka na 1898 a duka Cuba da Puerto Rico. Atkins ya rufe da
Yaƙin El Caney kuma ya bi sojojin Janar William Rufus Shafter a cikin Kama Santiago a Cuba. A Puerto Rico ya rufe harin a kan Asomante Heights kuma ya yi hira da Janar Nelson A. Miles.