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First Appearance of Yellow Fever in Cuba--Preparations to Resist the British Attack--Divided Counsels--Arrival of the British Fleet--Consternation of the Inhabitants--Velasco Chosen as Commander of the Defense of Havana--Beginning of the Attack--Heroism of the Spanish Commander--British Accounts of the Fighting--Raids and Counter-Raids--British Reinforcements from the American Colonies--British Tributes to Spanish Valor--Surrender of the City--The Articles of Capitulation.