The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-06-07
CHRONOLOGY OF THF WAR.
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1895
February 24-Insurrection breaks
out in three Of Cuba's six provinces.
March Fourteen hundred addi-
tional Spanish troops sent to Cuba.
March 3i--General Antonio MGceo
proclaimed commander Of the insur-
gent army April 10. Flor Cro,nbet, in
surgent leader, killed at Palmerito.
April 14-Captain General Cajella
displaced by Campos.
May 14-Battle Of Guantanamo; 400
spanish kille by insurgents under
Gomez.
May i5-lnsurgents make important
captures at Bsyamo.
May 1o-Insurgent leader, Jose
Marti, killed at Dos Rios.
May 2l-General Gomez and 200 cav
airy repulsed at Rios.
November IT, General Maceo near
Santa Clara with 900 men defeats
2 900 Spanish troops.
December 23-Campos 10000 men)
meets Gomez 1900 men) and is re-
pulsed with great losses.
1896.
February 10-Weyler displsces Cap
tain General Campos.
February 12-Eighteen thousand
new Spanish troops sent into the field.
February l7-Weyler issues his re.
concentrate proclamation.
March 1.-The trocha is established.
April li-Maceo crosses the trocha
with 1900 men and drives back the
Spanish
July 0.ll-Gomez wins the battle OF
Najasa after fifty hours fighting
October The rebellion up to this
time has cost Spain $3.50, 900, 900.
November ll-IleavY losses to Span
ish forces in Pinar del Rio.
December 4-General Antonio Ma
Geo killed by treachery.
December 10 General Ruiz Reverb
succeeds Maceo.
1897.
August s-Premier Canovas OF Spain
assassinated.
October 2-Weyler recalled by the
Sagasta Liberal minister on pressure
from United States.
November 27-Deeree from govern
ment at Madrid granting autonomy to
Cuba.
1898.
January "A United States battle
ship Maine ordered TO Havana on a
peaceful mission.
February l0-De LONE, Spanish min
ister, recalled for unwarranted per-
sonalities rejecting on President Nc
Kinley.
February l5-The United States bat
tie ship Maine blown up in Havana
harbor and 26G lives lost.
February l7-Umted States board OF
inquiry on the loss OF the Maine APP
pointed.
Februrry 20-Spanish cruiser Viz.
caya anchors off Staten Island, MY.
February 22-Spanish board of in.
quiry reports the destruction Of the
Maine an accident of internal origin.
March Emergency bill, so million
dollars, for United States coast de-
fenses passed.
March 2s-The president sends a
message with the Maine report to con-
gress.
April o-General Fitzhugh Lee and
other consuls leave Cuba.
April 1.-THE president sends a mes
sage to congress recommending armed
intervention in Cuba.
April l5-War department orders
regular troops to the coast.
April lG-The intervention resolu.
tious passed by the senate.
April l9-The house passes the in
tervention resolution.
April l9--The president prepares an
ultimatum to Spain demanding the
evacuation of Cuba within three days.
April 2O-The Cuban resolutions
signed by the president.
April 2O-The Spanish minister, Polo
Bernabe asks for his passports.
April 2l-The United States minis
ter, General Woodford, is given his
passports in Madrid.
April 2l-Spain's severance OF dip
lomatic relations held to be declara-
lion of war.
April 22-North Atlantic squadron
sails to blockade Cuban ports.
April 22-First shot fired when the
United States gunboat Nashville cap
lures the coast trader Buena Ventura.
April % Presidents proclamation
TO all nations declaring the blackade
of Cuban ports.
April 23-The presidents call issued
for 1925 900 volunteers.
April 24-Spain's FIRST shot at United
States from masked batteries at Ma
tanzas on the United States gunboat
! t'-ote.
April 2G G- Presidents proclamation
issues on Spanish vessels in American
ports.
April 27-The United States AsiatlC
Squadron sails from Hong Kong 10
meet the Spanish fleet at the Philip
pine islands.
April 27-United States cruisers
New York, Cincinnati and Monitor
Puritan silence the batteries at Ma
tanzas.
April 27-Portugal declines TO OBJ
serve the neutrality law by harboring
the Spanish fleet at Cape Verde,
April 27-The United States Terror
captures the Spanish steamer Guido
April 2s-United States gun boat
Newport captured the Spanish slOoT
Engareia.
April 2s-Spanish forts at Cabana'
demolished by guns of the flag shiT
New York.
May Spanish feet under AdmirA
Montejo defeated and destroyed by
United States squadron, Commodore
Dewey commanding.
The sons Of Herman will give a pic
mic at Island Park on Thursday after