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
US Army Begins Advance on Santiago
But he was not aware of the true condition of the roads. There were no roads.Continuing The Cuban Campaign,with a selection from The Rescue of
Spanish Fleet Trapped
While Sampson was returning from his hunt for Cervera at Porto Rico, the Spaniard was sailing due northwest for Santiago de Cuba, which he reached on
US Army Stuck in Florida
A fleet of transport-ships conveying an army over hostile waters is at the mercy of even a very inferior enemy. A single well-directed shell or
The Cuban Campaign
This series has thirteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Organizing the U.S. Army Invasion.IntroductionThe Spanish-American