Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mazuva maviri gare gare, musi wa15, USS "Maine" yakaputika. Sezvo Hondo yeSpain neAmerica yakatanga muna April, muimbi akadzokera kuCuba kunoona chiito chemauto kokutanga. Chakanga chiri "chiitiko chinorwadza zvikurusa, chinonyadzisa choupenyu hwaRemington". Sezvaakapupurira kudenha paSan Juan Hill
masimba eAmerica, kubatanidza ayo aitungamirirwa naRoosevelt, mufungo wake wehondo wougamba wakaparadzwa norutyo chairwoirwo rwokurwisana mumasango nokushayikwa kwaakatarisana nako mumusasa. Mishumo yake nemifananidzo pakudzoka kwake hazvina kunangidzira ngwariro pamauto ehondo asiwo pamauto, sezvakaita mubhuku rake rinonzi "Scream of the Shrapnel" (1899), iro rinoratidzira kurwiswa kwakaipisisa kwemauto eAmerica nomuvengi asingaoneki.