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sighting the Spanish feet in Santa
go harbor.
May 30.-Gen. Shafter was ordered to
embark $4,000 or more troops at
Tampa. Santiago was thought to be
their destination.
May 31.-Spanish reports were received
of the bombardment of Santiago
forts by Commodore Schley.
June "details were received of the
bombardment of the Santiago forts
by Commodore Schley on May 81,
with the Massachusetts. Iowa and
New Orleans.
June 2.-The house of representatives
passed an urgent deficiency bill,
carrying nearly $1s.0o0,0oo for war
expenses.
June Admiral Sampson reported
that Naval Constructor r. p Hob
son, with volunteer crew of seven
men, had, on June 3. sunk the collier
Merrimac in the Santiago harbor
channel, shutting in Cervera's fleet.
Hobson and his men were made
prisoners. The senate passed the
war revenue bill by vote of 4s to 2S.
June 6.--Further bombardment of
Santiago reported. The house sent
the war revenue bill to conference,
nonconcurring in senate amend
ments.
June Admiral Sampson reported
having silenced, on June 6, the Santi-
ago Notifications without injury to
the American ships. The monitor
Monterey and collier Brutus left
San Francisco for Manila.
June 9.-The house agreed to the con-
ference report on the war revenue
bill by vote of 43 to %.
June 11.-Six hundred marines from
the Panther, who had landed at Cal
manera, Guatanamo bay, Cuba, June
10, under protection from the Mar
blehead, were attacked by Spaniards,
four Americans being killed and sew
eral wounded or missing. The Span
iards retreated.
June 13.-The president signed the
war revenue bill. The Santiago ex-
petition. of over $4,000 troops, left
Key West, conveyed by warships.
June 14.-Continued fighting at Cal.
manera was reported. two Ameri-
cans and II Spaniards being killed.
June 15.-The second expedition to
Manila, on four transports, sailed
from San Francisco. The Vesuvius
fired her dynamite guns at Santiago
forts, for the first time, with de-
structive results.
June 16.-News came of third bonn
bardment of Santiago by Admiral
SIMPSONS squadron. The Caimanera
fort was reduced by the Texas, Su-
vance aud Marblehead.
June H. Admiral Dewey reported
from Manila under date of June IL
that the insurgents had practically
surrounded Manila and had taken
$500 Spanish prisoners. The Cadiz
squadron sailed, and the vessels were
seen passing Gibraltar, bound east
June 1s.-News was received of fur.
Their Smelling of spaniards at Cal.
manera on June II.
June 21-News came of the arrival of
Santiago de Cuba of Gen. Skaters
transports with $4,000 troops on
June 90. Gen. Shafter and Rear Ad.
miral Sampson landed at Acerra.
deros, Cuba, Is miles from Santiago,
and conferred with Gen. Garcia.
June o. Official reports by cable
from station on the Cuban shore
near Catmanera. told of the landing
of part of Gen. Skaters troops al
Baiquiri, near Santiago de Cuba
with little resistance.
June 23.-Landing shifted to Siboney
and continued during the night by
aid of st. Louis searchlights. Adj
miral Camara's Cadiz feet was re-
ported off the island of pantellaria,
half way from Cadiz to Suez
June 24.-SiXteen American soldiers
were killed and about 40 wounded
in driving back a Spanish force near