Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - mauto eU.S. akaenda kuCuba musi wa22 June uye akabudirira kurwisana paLas Guasimas mazuva maviri gare gare. Munguvayi, chitsuwa cheGuam chaka"torwa" navaAmerica, uko kwaibatanidza kusimudzwa kweflag yeAmerica. United States yakaedzawo kukandira mauto ayo pedyo neTrinidad, asi yakadzingwa nemauto eSpain. Mauto eU.S. akatora San Juan Heights, iyo yaitarisa Santiago de Cuba, mushure mehondo mbiri paSan Juan Hill neKettle Hill, iyo yakatangirwa nehondo diki kurudyi rweSan Juan Hill kuEl Caney
. VaSpanish vakaedzawo kubvisa chidhindo pachiteshi chengarava cheManzanillo kaviri, asi vakakundikana nguva dzose. Ngarava dzeSpain dzakaedzawo kutiza kubva pachiteshi chengarava cheSantiago, asi dzakaparadzwa nezvikepe zvehondo zveU.S. nezvikepe zvehondo. Pashure pokukunda uku, mauto eU.S. akavharira Santiago de Cuba kwamazuva 14, kusvikira mauto eSpanish akundwa, asi kwakava nokurwisana kwakawanda pashure pacho. VaSpanish vakakwanisa kudimbura mauto eUnited States paManzanillo, asi vaAmerica vakanyudza ngarava mbiri dzeSpanish paNipe Bay. VaAmerica vakaedzawo kumhara paMani-Mani, iyo yaiva kumadokero kweHavana, asi vakadzingwa nevaSpanish.