The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-12-09

nents were hurried 60 Manila, under The
command Of Major General Merritt and
drmIy established within hgn; of me
capital. which lay helpIegs before our
guns. on the lth day ~ May the gpv-
ernmpnt was advised ollclally uf ihe /
Victory at Manila. and nt ou'a inquired I
N commander OF our feet what troops I
were required. Tho Information was re ]
er.ycd on the 10Th day Of MAY, ana tne /
nrHt army expedition sailed May 4.th, /
and arrived nj Manila June 1oth. other |
expeditions soon followed. the toih |
force consisting Of cal officers ana d.
15S men. 49,
only reluctance 60 cause needless
loss ~ lie aud properly prevented me
tarly rtornlrg and capture OF sue clt.,
and therttgiih the eh saluts military
occupancy Of che whole group TIE ln-
turcouts meanwhile hal resumed she
active hos,illtlos Suspended by the un-
completed truce % December, lA,i.
Their forces Invested Manila from me
northern anil eastern side, but were
constrained by Admiral Dewey aud
Gen. Merrst from attempting an as
tauN. 10 WIS nt.ing shat whatever waa
10 be d,,iss 10 she way ~ decisive op-
tratlDna hn that quarter should b. ac-
|cOmpllshed by the Htrong arm Ot the
I United states alone. obeylng she stern
I prrctti % war. which cnlolns the over
| coming o. thr adversary and the eN-
/ tluctlon ~ his power wherever assall-
able as the speedy and suro means 90
win a peace divided victory was ~
permissible fDr no partition % ihe
rights ari responsibilities afendlng
the vnfsroriilnt ~ q Just ana udvan-
I tagsuua pracp could be- Thought ~.
] Following the etniiuE - tho compre-
hfngivc scheme ~ general attack
powerful horcss were assembled at var
iuus points on our yUaat 20 Invade
Cuba and p0rio Rico.
FIRST FATALITIES.
Meanwhile. naval dcmous,ratloas
were made vs. several exposed points.
on May ~ the cruiser Wilmmr.un aud
torpedo boai Winalow were unsuccess-
iul IN an attempt TO silence shr HHftrr-
lcs at Cardeuas. against Matanzas.
Worth naElcy and four seaman falliug.
These Friyoua fatalities were utraugp-
~ enOuEh among she very few which
occurred during our naval operations
IN thla extraordinary conflict
Meanwhile, the Spanish naval prep
arationa had been pushed with great
viror. A powerful squadron under Al
mlrdl Cervera. which had urHrmhlod at
the Cape Verde Islands before the out
break q husiilltlen, had crossed the
ocean ana by ~ orratic movements IN
the Caribbean sea, delayed our military
OPERATIONS while banilig she pursuit
OF our Meets For a time fears we're
fslt leHt the oregon ana Marietta. then
nearlnE home aNor their long voyage
from San Francisco ~ over 1900 mile,
might be surprised by Admiral Ger
vora'a fleet, but their fortunate arrival
dispellcd the upprohonsions and lent
much needed reinforcomcua. Not until
Admiral Ccrvcra took refuge In the
harbur % Santiago de Cuba. about
, May ., was u practicable 60 plan ays-
tcmatic military attack upon AntlliCan
} poaaernfnne OF Spain.
Several dcmonsir ati0ns occurred on
che coast % cuba and Porto Rico Ia
, propagation FOR she larger event. on
May ~. the North Atlantic squadron
/ tholled San Juan de Porto Rico on
; May 20. Commodore achloy's squadron
{ b0mbarded che forts guarding ths
mouth OF SafBlaFO harbor. Neither
attack had any material result. ii
was evident that we'll ordered land %.
? eratlona were Indispensable 60 achieve
: n decided advantage.
HoBsoNs FEAT.
The next act In the war thrilled moi
= alone the hearts Of our oouWrymen
but 'he world by re sscsgtioual hero.
h liobeon. aided by seven devoted volun
o. teoia, blocked the narrow outlet From
~ Sautlago harbor by sinking che collie
, Morrlmao In the channel. under
fierce IRE from the shore batteries, e.
J. Gaping with their lives as by mlrarle
D. but falling Into the hands Of the span
" iarda, II IL most gratifying lncldcil
d, OF tho wor that the brhvcrv " thi
e little band OF heroes WA - ally an
J. preclated by the spamards. who sen
4, nag or truce 60 notify Admiral samp
10 son OF their safety ana 20 compllmon
q them upon their daring act They wer
l. subsequently, exchanged July T.
a by June Z. the cutting % che las
Cuban cable, isolated she island. There
10 utter the invasion was vigorously pros
4, ecuted. on June 10. under hoav
9. protecting firc. a landing force OF ca
marines from the OREGON. MarhlDhoa
and Yankee. was effected on uuania
:, nAmo BAY. where ~ had been deter
~ mined 20 establish a naval stntor
In THIS important ana essential port wa
taken from the gneny after sever
=. nghnnE by the marines who were IN
/, nrat organized force OF che Unite
NJ States 20 land On Cuba.
IA The poaltion ~ won was held, desplt
a. the desperate attempts 10 dlslodg
on our forces. by June 10 additional force
NJ were landed and strongly intrenrhei
lr on June ~ the advance 81 the invadin
a army under Major General Shafis
q landed ht nulquir. about 10 mils
"a east Of Santiago. This was accou
~ phshsd under great difficulties. but W.T.
90 marvellous dispatch.
~ MILITARY ENGAGEMENT
n. on June alrd the movement again
1e Santiago was begun on tho 2ith n
d. nrE, serious engagement took place,
which the First and Tenth cavalry an
e she First volunteer cavalry, De
he Young'a brigade OF General Wheeler
o. division, participated. fosng hcavll
by nigftfail however. ground with
20 1--WE miles Of Santiago was won, The M
no vantage was steadily Increased. on Ju
ne I. n severe battle took place, our forc'
raining the outer works Of Gantlni
and Ei CAney and San Juan were tak,
%, after a desperate charge. ana the u
~ vestment OF the city was complete
=. The navy co-operated by shelhng q
\. town and she coast forts.
al NAVY TRIUMPHs.
On tho day following this bhlila
achievement Of our land forces. July
10 occurred the decisive naval combat
ne the war. The Spanish fleet, attempts
M 40 leave tho harbor. was met by q
'or American squadron under command
ne Commodore Sampson. In less thl
'e- three hours all the Spanish ships we
~ destroyed. the two torpedo boats sun
" and the Maria Teresa, Almirnn'
w, Oouendo, VizcAya ana CriHtobal Col
ne driven ashore. The Spanish admir-
70 ard over 800 men were taken prise
~ CIV. while the enemy's loss OF NE "
~ depiorably large, some SIX hundred pe
IL ~. nHs aida htHf one man "a