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Cuba
% Cruiser Charleston sails for Manila.
% Troops A and G arrive at Camp Alger
Falls Church. Va.
"A The spanish neet Is bottled up at San
tiago,
aS Three transports With 2.5ss men start
for Manlas {. President Issues call for
s5,O00 more volunteers.
c0-0regon arrives In Key West. >. One OF
Spaln's cabinet ministers said the coun-
try was willing to accept IAN honorable
peace" -. Commodore Schley Is In touch
with the insurgent leaders. Florida
expedition landed without opposition
near Guantanamo, Cuba.
2T-Spanlsh scout ships chased by American
warships near Key West
29--Commodore Schley reports the trapping
OF Cervcra In the harbor Of Santiago de
Cuba Cruiser Columbia arrives at
New York. having been In collision with
the British steamship Foscola, which
sank
Troops embark at Tampa for Havana.
Sl.-Rear Admiral Simpsons fleet bombards
forts OF Santiago de Cuba
June.
1--Transports for Manila arrive at Homo
lulu, Hawaii, and the Boys In Blue be-
come the guests Of the city. Monitor
Monadnock ordered to Manila from San
Francisco.
Spain again appeals to the Powers to
s-AmerIcan squadron bombarded Santiago
de Cuba.
4-L,eut. Hobson sinks cruiser Merrimac
in the mouth Of the harbor OF Santiago
de Cuba.
e-Fortldcations Of Santiago de Cuba re
duced.
7-Amerlean squadron bonhards and 81
lences batteries at Santiago, :. Monitor
Monterey and collier Brutus sail for
Manila.
s-Assaut on fortincatlons of Guantanamo
Bay.
e-House agrees on war revenue conference
report.
10 Admiral Sampson reports he has held
Guantanamo harbcr since the 7th.
Senate agrees on conference report on
war revenue bill.
1t-Four Americans al Caimanera are killed
In fight with the SpanIards
fS-Thirty-two transports with Shafter's
troops sail for Santiago. :. President
Mckinley signs the war tax bill.
1.-Two Americans and several hundred
Spaniards killed In battle at Cal
manera.
i5-second expedition sailed from San Fran.
cisco for Manila. :. Great destruction
results to Santiago forts through the use
of .he dynamite guns on the vesuvius.
17-Spanish squadron sailed from Cadix and
passed Gibraltar.
2o-rransports with Gen. shafter's troops
arrive off Santiago.
2e-Part OF Skaters troops landed.
2S-Balance Of troops landed without acct
dent Admiral Camara's Cadlz neet
arrives at Island Of Panteilaria.
24-Sixteen American soldiers killed and
forty wounded In driving back Spanish
soldiers at Santiago.
2T-Commodore Watson to command feet TO
attack Spanish home territory. Presi-
dent Mckinley recommends thanks Of
c.; sress for Lieut.. Hobson, and that be
be transferred to the line.
m in nf n
ern Cuba from Cape Frances to Cape
Cruz
2e-Gen. shafter reports he can take s.a
tlago in forty eight hours The Senate
thanks Lieut.. Hobson and his men. nam
Ing each one personally.
30-Egyptian Government refused to let
Camara coal his feet at Port Said
July.
i-Shafter's army began the assault upon
Santiago de Cuba, capturing the enemy 5
outer works
2-Shafter renewed the attack upon San
ttago, losing about 1000 In killed and
wounded, and making 1000 Spanish
prisoners. The Spanish casualties prob
ably exceeded those OF the Americans.
3-cervera's feet destroyed at Santiago,
with great loss Of life.
6--Spanish transport Alfonso MI. blown
up OF Mur.el by American gnnboats.
Hobson. the hero Of the Merrimac, and
his comrades exchanged for Spanish
prisoners outside Santiago.
7-President signs Hawaiian annexation
resolution. :. Admiral Dewey took Sublg
and l,50O prisoners
fI-Cruiser ST. Louis brings Admiral Ger
vera and 746 prisoners to Portsmouth,
N. H....Admlra SIMPSONS heet bonn
barded Santiago.
| 13-Announced that yellow fever has broken
out in Gen. Skaters army.
| 14-Gen. Toral and the Spanish army sur
rendered Santiago at p. m.
| I7-"old Glory raised over Santiago at
noon.
| fs-President issues a proclamation provid.
ing for the government Of Santiago.
Seven American vessels lombard Man
zauillo and destroy seven Spanish ships.
| 21-Gen. Miles, with 3,415 men on trans
ports. conveyed by warships, starts to
take Porto Rico. American gunboats
capture Nipe and sink the Spanish cruis-
er Jorge Juan. Gen Calixto Garcia.
commander Of the Cuban army Of East
ern Cuba, owing to discomfort because
the American Government has ignored
him and his troops In the surrender OF
Santiago, withdrew. News reached this
country that the second expedition to re
esforce Admiral Dewey had arrived at
Cayite.
22-Agu,naldo declared himself dictator OF
the Philippines
% Another expedition for the Philippine
Islands sailed from San Francisco.
| 25-Gen Miles and $500 men reach Guam
leo. Porto Rico, and effect landing.
| 26-Secretary Day, NJ. Cambon. French am
bassador, and bis first secretary, III.
Thlebaut, confer with President Mckin-
| ley In regard to terms Of peace.
| 27-The port Of Ponce. Porto Rico, surrend.
ers to Capt Davis Of gunbOat Dixie.
| 30-Sews Of Gen. Merritt's arrival at Cavlte
received at Washington. Dewey In
forms the President that AguinaldO, the
Philippine Insurgent chief. assumed q
defiant attitude
| 31-The Spanish forces at Cavite made a
| sortie during fierce storm on the Amer
| lean troops In the Malate trenches. They
were repulsed with heavy loss Ten OF
Gen Merritts men were killed and for.
| ty-eight wounded.
August
/ 2-President Mckinley makes public the
| terms Of peace offered to Spain by the
United States
| 4-The monitor Monterey and Its consort
Brutus, arrive at Manila. ...Gen. Shat
| ter and his snbordinates ask that the
feyer-stricken army at Santiago de Cuba
be removed north.
b-FormaI orders Issued for the removal Of
Gen. shafters army to this country.
| 6-Spaln accepts the terms Of peace offered
| By the United States. .Guayamo, Porto
| Rico, captured By Gen Haines' forces.
Three Americans cornered.
| 8-SpaIn accepts President McKinley's
peace terms. Certain Representations
were made regarding Cuba which were
| not accepted. however. .Spaniards az
| Guantanamo lay down their arms and
| surrender to Brig Gen. Ewers.
| 0-Gen. Ernst's brigade captured Coamo,
| Porto Rico, after lively fight, In which
| seven Pennsylvania volunteers were
wounded. Two hundred Spaniards were
taken prisoners. :. .Spaniards attempt ia
| retake the lighthouse ct Cape San Juan,
but are repulsed with heavy loss.
| f0-A protocol covering the peace terms OF