The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-12-06
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a miracle but falling into the lands o
the Spaniards. 1t Is a most graufyini
incident OF the war that the bravery o.
this little band Of heroes was cordial,
appreciated by the spaniards. who sent
flag Of truce to notify Admiral Sampson
OF their safety and to compliment then
upon their daring act They were subse
quently exchanged July Z.
BY June T. the cutting OF the last Cuban
cable isolated the island. Thereafter IN,
invasion was vigorously prosecuted. or
June 10. under heavy protection fire. q
landing force of six hundred marine.
from the Oregon, Marblehead and yam.
kee was effected at Guantanamo bay
! where ST had been determined To- estab.
lish naval station This important and
essential port was taken from the enemy
after severe lighting by the marines who
were the first organized force o the
United States to land In Cuba
sHAFTER's INVASION
The position 50 won was neld despite
the desperate attempts to dislouge our
forces BY June l6 ado. donal forces were
landed and strongly intrenched On June
% the advance OF the invading army un-
der Maj Gen. Shauer lanae. az Dai-
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This was accomplished under great diff
cultles, but with marvellous dispatcn on
June @ the movement against Santiago
was begun. On the 2i,h the first serious
engagement took place In whicn the first
and tenth cavalry and the first volunteer
cavalry. Gen. Young's brigade of Gen.
| Wheeler's division. participated losing
heavily. BY nightfan. however. ground
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The advantage was steadily increased
On July !, severe batt.e took place, om
! forces gaining the outer works Of San
tiago and El Naney anu San Juan were
! taken after n desperate charge. and 90
Investment OF the city was complete
CEVERAs FLEET DESTROYED.
The navy co-operated by shelling the
town and the coast forts on the day
following this brilliant achievement OF
our land forces. July 3. occurred tue de-
cisive naval combat Of ,ne war The
Spanish fleet, attempting TO leaVe the
harbor. was met by the American SQUAD
ron under command OF Commodore
Sampson. In less than three hours all
the Spanish ships were DESTROYED the
two torpedo boats sunk and the Maria
Teresa. Almlrante Oquendo. Nizcaya ana
CristObal Colon driven ashore. Ine Span-
ish admiral and over 300 men were taxi
en- prisoners, while the enemy's loss of
life was deplorably large. some six hun
dred perlshing. on our SIDE but one man
was killed and one man seriously wound
ed. Although our ships were repea edly
struck, not one was seriously injured
BUT HE DON'T MENTION SCHLEY.
Where all so conspcuously distinguish
ed themselves, from the commanders TO
the gunners and the unnamed heroes i'm
the boiler rooms each and all contribut-
ing toward the achievement OF this as.
founding victory. for which neither an
Client nor modern history affords a paral-
lei In the completeness OF the event and
the marvellous disproportion OF casual-
ties, It would be invidious to single out
any for special honor Deserved promo
ton AS rewarded the more conspicuous
actors-the nations profoundest gratitude
is due to all Of those brave men who by
their SKIN and devotion in few short
hours crushed the sea power oil Spain and
wrought triumph whose decisiveness
and far-reaching effects can scarcely be
measured. Nor can we be unmindful OF
the achievements Of our builders. me-
chanics and artisans for their skill IN the
construction OF our warships
CEVERA DONE. SPAIN DONE.
With the catastrophe OF Santiago,
Spain's effort upon the ocvais virtually
ceased spasmodic effort toward t.e
end Of June TO send her Mediterranean
fleet under Admiral Camara TO relic e
Manila was aoendoned. the expedition
being recalled after II had passed
through the Suez canal The capltulation
Of Santiago followed. The city was
closely beseiged by land. while ,-.e en-
trance OF our ships INTO tue harbor cut
of all relief on that side. After truce
TO allow Of the removal OF non-combat-
ants protracted negotiations continued
from July until July 10. when. under
menace Of immediate assault. the prellm-
inaries of surrender were agreed upon.
SANTIAGO OCCUPIED
On the nth Gen snafter occupied the
city. The capitulatlon embraced the en-
tire eastern end OF Cuba The number Of
| Spanish soldiers surrendered was % 900
an OF whom We're subsequently convey
ed to Spain at the charge Of the United
States The story Of this successftl
campaign Is told in the report Of the Sec
retary Of war which viii be laid before
you. The indivual valor OF officers and
! soldiers was never more strikingly shown
than In the several engagements leading
to the surrender OF Santiago, while the
prompt movements and successive vic
| tories won instant and universal ap-
plause. To those who gained this com
plete triumph which made the ascenden-
cy on sea. the earnest and lasting gratI-
tude is unsparingy due. Nor snouu we
! alone remember the gallantry Of the liv-
| Ing the dead claim our tears and our
losses by battle and disease must cloud
any exultatlOn at the result and teach
us 10 weigh the awful cost Of war. how
ever rightful the cause or sigma the VIC
tory.
| PORTA RICO NEXT
With the fail Of Santiago. the occupa-
tion Of Porto Rico became the next STRAIT
egic necessity. Gen. Miles nad previously
been assigned to organize an expedition
for tnat purpose. Fortunately he was al
ready at Santiago, where he had arrived
on the nth OF July, with reinforcements
for Gen Skaters army.
VITA these troops. consisting Of 3n;
infantry and artillery, two companies OF
engineers and one company Of the signal
corps, Gen. Miles left Guantanamo on
July p, having nine transports convoy.
ed the feet under Capt higginsOn
with the Massachusetts (aagsmp) Dixie
Gloucester. Columbia and Yale. the twt
latter carrying troops. The expeL4tlor
landed at Guanica July Is. winch por