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June 28, 2017 Leave a Comment

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

June 26, 2017 Leave a Comment

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

June 25, 2017 Leave a Comment

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

June 21, 2017 Leave a Comment

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

June 19, 2017 Leave a Comment

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

June 18, 2017 Leave a Comment

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

June 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

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

June 12, 2017 Leave a Comment

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

June 11, 2017 Leave a Comment

The Cuban Campaign

This series has thirteen easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Organizing the U.S. Army Invasion.IntroductionThe Spanish-American

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