The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-26

Bay, China. On the morning OF May / IL en-,
tered the harbor OF Manila. successfully passing
the lsr forts e and mine deiep aces GSSSTd tRS s the G1.
hsinS c6risttins.. Castillo and Don antonio. q
de LuSon. fsIa de Cuba, General, LEO. Mar:
9nes del puero. y Correot xelaseo ana
and the tugs, Rapldo and Hercules and
several small launches were, captured. Adj
mTiral Dewey has contracted trS for the nSd T tbIs
given. In the report Of Admiral oaMontolo, was,
and wounded. Not a man was lost IN our fleet.
and but nine sliehtly, wounded. No DAMAGE
Soet t dSne eo 1T y sei Control rht of T tSe Say e "a Manila tG 9Hr
The naval station at Cavite was taken possess
sion Of and it's Qualifications were destroyed.
taken at any time when. a sufficient number Of
troops were on hand to hold 1t,
without the loss OF a single life such a brilliant
f aRd w 9,eet wit n t gSis s : Ssn taS when SesS e 3 3infess d
throughout the country and into the personnel
Of every branch Of the service. i removed at
once all apprehension for tho Pacific coast. The
indirect peouniary advantage to the United
States in the way OF saving an increase o. in.
surance rates and IN assuring the country Of
freedom from attack on that coast is meal
=" II was at once determined to reinforce the
A ASH tGca squadron 96r c,t and q, t Sa send I tFF9 SgPTs to take
the Charleston. which had previously sailed
from San Francisco, was Joined at Honolulu by
4th. sailed with her and with the army, trans
ports Australia and City OF Sidney for Manila,
Charleston. proceeded to Guam, one Of the
Ladrone Islands. ARRIVING there June 20. De-
mand WIS made for the imppediate s=nrrS1de 4
Si'iIil'S The h s HirSS"i followed Ito and the Amer 4
reinforce the Asiatic squadron, tho Monterey
sailed. with the collier Brutus. from San Diego
S e. SSq ROM n sam snd F tRS MiGnod In ,Gbn With y the collier
admiral Dewey continued to exercise in the
PHILIPPINES q wise discretion. which constantly
those Islands, and on Aug. IL. after the arrival
OF Gen. Merritt, the city OF Manila surrendered
to the army and navy.
THE NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET.
This feet was under the command of Ad-
miral Montgomery Sicard until March 26. when
It was found necessary, on account OF his
e esalthi TO d fs1lsve daPs s fFSm tast the Sn seDIor o sRd
the personnel and materiei oft the ,neet, and
made preceding the actual outbreak of HOSTILE
ties; was given command OF the fleet, with the
The North Atlantic fleet was composed ofthe
blockading squadron. Commodore ]. g; Wat
Z sG 2pt eSS 9rfb itIDSgti from sGn Nay t 2o Ju N o ~: the
~; cGmfn}odore i 4 Howell eSmmandinS
command d to the close OF hostilities: the flying
from May "a. upon which date L was piSced
the orders OF Admiral Sampson. to June
n. upon which date It ceased to exist; and the
close OF hostiities.,
a sSHaasO !. 6 eaI%s ats sae s sagtsTn dsi9@adf from
~ op X r 2 to sept; ~ y: was was .. organized !; with the view
upon that duty. In addition, Commodore
GeorgS ss O.; R Re Rgy.: who " was in command Of the
q to exercise command over all vessels within
signalling distance, under the authority OF Ad-
Mira Sampson, During the entire period Of
In the blockade Of the coast Of Cuba.
LOOKING FOR c~ERvERA's FLEET.
".On April 20 Admiral Ceryera's fleet, composed
81 the 9rmored cruisers oristoPal Colon, Viz
Terror. and .Pluton. sailed from the Cape de
Verde Islands. As its destination was uncer-
the fleet under his command for the purpose
r. o66s s He left Key West on May IN
a Ias t fhssis wi H fSGia h0ak an ndd b eh HaVe an the PsG Kea
Terror and Amphitrite and the M9ntgomery,
e eSreshEi Hayden TtHimP on May; 7 : he Fsseieed FidR sspateh as
bon tie department. advising him that
T n sRsnR5Se West sf fndiss. I Hss EsRS5sea aer ns ai st;
that the vessels accompanying him
Ssrdm nGs e e 20 ert fiSasG 0s o as Z sas IN co shS SS%i
the spanish fleets had been met and de:
ii1SGGIKsa' the s0e ene%9 6 sas Jpaa. f the R hSoe 6 Ss
,oana su II hIe9 ei tbs m on sSrsu m g. 81 The tbs small FL
oardment Of that place followed for two hours
hold II IN case Of its surrender. and as the
Spanish feet was not there. 1t was determined |
8: 5er TstSrn e hhs have Gone whe %hl IL t Xss sd p0sddiels
was on its return the following despatch was
Curacao. West indiss. MAJ i Il. Fiyine saaaron en- en-
''0ouuttShk g wess; Fla. Proceed with all possible de-
he squadron. was ordered to proceed 70 santi-
and Guantanamo for the purpose OF cutting
s ssstss an % themes hence; e. fO e. f hh1e2; iot e. the %a ss@ opd RaE,
This work was bravely done under exposure to
=. On tho morning of May II the flagship left
;eeded to Key West, That, afternoon the Du
stating that the. Spanish. feet had NUM-
ions OF war destined for the defense OF, Havana.
a d was under imperative orders 70 reach
Pssred to Sc the only port faldliIns the con- on:
Upon arrival at Key West to, proceed to 66iieennffue-
COS, Instructions were at the same time given
70 huullTdu DuulpsOu 10 increase Jl0 lying
by such armored ships as he might
deem desirable.
scHLEY oRDERED To SANTIAGO.
"0n May 10 the flying squadron. composed
the Brooklyn, Texas, Massachusetts and
sailed from Key West for Cienfuegoe
With instructions to establish o blockade at
hat PLACE as soon as possible.
On May 70 the Iowa, CaStine and the collier
sailed to join Commodore Schley's
on Cienfuegos.. On this day the de-
Informed Admiral Sampson OF a re-
port that Ceryera's squadron was at Santiago
10 Cuba, and advised him to order Commo-
lore Schley to proceed Off that port with
;he vessels under his command. Admiral
sampson left Key West for the Havana
he ,Du Pont with dispatches to Commodore
3ehley and ordered the Marblehead and Eagle
o Join the flying squadron. By the Marblehead
,rders were sent to Commodore Schley adyls-
ng him thatthe Spanish squadron was proba-
ply at Santiago de Cuba, and directing him, II
10 was satisfied that it was not at Cienfuegos,
% proceed with all despatch to Santiago de Gu
and upon arrival there to establish commu-
with some Of the inhabitants and as
certain definitely whether the ships were In
'ort or not. The Hawk followed with duplicate
iieSSP{ate en- sb wh ISL we're delivered to Commodore
o May % Admiral Sampson received a
from Key West stating that Cervera's
,quadron was In the haTbor OF Santiago de
Cuba on the morning Of the DIST; also a tele.
IRA m from fha damn ~ M ant that ;t,rno -..Zt