New Britain herald., 1929-02-14
asw BRITAIN DAILY aERAlD. THURSDAY FEBRUARY II 49,

blockade Havana On The 2Sth. Pre-.
tdent. Mckinley issued D 0ll fss
l3S.oes veluntsars. It was On Tues.
day the 2sth that Spain declared I
stata Of war. to DO existing b.tweeu
! herself and the United mates. The
day foilevins Congress DECLARED
that war had existed since April
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'Nextsin- order would q course be
: battle. tJuly~1st and md occurred
tie b1stIs OF San Juan aud n FAney
In which about All arms Oe the
service were enxaged-Artil1ery. Ii.
fsptly. cavalry. II was indeed, q hard
fight and very costly. 'ouottns FROM
Correspondent Mcdowell ,'This has
been great day for thu Americs 10
soldier. He his demonstrated the
glorious fact that, he can fight
equally we'll on the skirnjish line. In
a fierce charge up = bullet swept
slope, at bush whackins and before
well placed and skilifuiiy construct
ed intrenchments The odds were
against us today for the enemy had
the choice of position, was In the
hills while We were In the tangled
jungle Of the valley and bottom
land. lay behind intrenchments
while our boys were In the open,
was Invisible while the Americans
were compelled to act as living tar
gets. And yet when the forward
movement began it continued stead.
lily until the Stars and Stripes float
ed oyer Ell Caney and over the
blork house on the crest Of a hill
at Santiago de Cuba. Gaining these
positions cost us 500 killed ant 1900
wounded Such was the fighting Of
the land forces. In them were regu-
lars, list New York Volunteers.
End Massachusetts, Volunteers,
Rough Riders, regular cavalry and
artillery.
Let US look for moment at the
story of the destruction Of Admiral
Cervera's fleet. They had eluded the
United States fleet and had 9aini
Santiago harbor. there they were
blockaded by our fleet under Ad-
miral Sampson and Commodore
schley consisting of battleships
Texas Oregon. Iowa and
with the gun-boats Vixen
and Gloucester. The Spanish fleet
consisted Of the battleships Teresa,
Colon, Viscaya, Oquendo ana tor.
pedo boats Pluton and Furor.
ION July 3rd at 1898 in the morn
Ing tho Spanish fleet made a break
out OF the harbcr. In an hour
Oquendo and Teresa wero down
and out. At 11:15 the Viscaya was
beached and at 1:e5 the Colon was
All IN about four. hours.
Meanwhile our Asiatic fleet con-
sisting Of the Olympia. Baltimore,
Boston. Concord and the gun boats
Petrol and McCulloch under the
Of Admiral Dewey vera 1t
Mrs Bay, near Hong Kong on the
Asiatic coast. They sailed for Ma
Mia on April 9th and arrived on
The 30th. They passed the forts at
the entrance to the harbor In the
darkness with the exception Of the
McCulfoch. She had to fight her way
through. This point was about Is
MILD from Cavite the seat Of tho
Spanish Qualifications and the an
chorafe OF the Spanish fleet. Their
fleet consisted OF nine cruisers and
gunboats. Our fleet arrived at a.
m. and Immediately engaged the
and Spanish warships
The ans&ere Tho Ahtire SPANISH
fleet was. destroyed with heavy
loss of life. Damage to our fleet
was small. Six men were wounded
one with a broken leg. A message
was then sent to Manila demanding
their surrender. which was refused.
Manila was not subdued ana occu-
pied by our troops until August
18th. From this point begins the
insurrectfoh under the
Of Asuinaldo. An( that
g another story. :. -.
"On. August 18th. 1898 q 'proto.
,ol of agreement between the Unit
I'd States and Spain embodying the
terms or = basis for the establish-
ment Of peace between the two
was signed at Washington
BY our secretary OF state. William
R. Day and Jules sambon. Asbas-
'ador Of the Republic Of France
acting for Spain. -
Article i reads-Spain will re-
inqutsh all claim Of sovereignty
over title to Cuba.
article Spain will cede to the
United States Porto Rico and other
Islands now under the sovereignty
IF Spain in the West Indies, also an