Today's installment concludes The Cuban Campaign,the name of our combined selection from Andrew S. Draper, Theodore Roosevelt, and Pascual Cervera.
Destruction of the Spanish Fleet
In this painful situation, when explosions were heard in the ammunition- rooms, I gave orders to lower the flag and flood all the
The Spanish Admiral’s Report
The ships left the harbor in such perfect order as to surprise our enemy, from whom we have since received many enthusiastic compliments on this
Theodore Roosevelt’s Report
On the extreme front, I now found myself in command, with fragments of the six cavalry regiments of the two brigades under me.Continuing The Cuban
Escape of the Christobol Colon
In the meantime, while her sister-ships were being destroyed, the Cristobal Colon had pushed on out of the thickest of the fire, and was hoping to
Spanish Fleet Flees Santiago Harbor
At the same instant, the boom of a gun on the Iowa attracted attention and a string of little flags up her rigging signaled: "The enemy's ships are
Assault on San Juan Ridge (Not Hill)
The Spanish Commander-in-Chief, General Linares, had fallen wounded, and the few surviving defenders of San Juan were running toward Santiago. It was
El Caney Town Captured
When the little fort was broken into, only one Spanish officer and four men were alive out of the entire garrison. The forces on the opposing sides
Opposing Armies Come into Contact
The Spanish garrison numbered thirteen thousand men, amply supplied with ammunition, behind trenches and barbed-wire fences which were so well