Sampson Now the Master in Naval Bombardment
Reported in Lonnox May 18 from the Evening News a San Juan de Porto Rico surrender with American ships firing hundreds of shots. The New York suffered one fatality and four wounded. town damage and fortifications razed. Spanish forces driven from their guns amid heavy shelling. Admiral Sampson’s fleet remained outside San Juan awaiting the Spanish fleet under Admiral Cervera.
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Evening News
St. Thomas
Sampson
San Juan de Porto Rico
Cervera
Fort de France
Martinique
French West Indies
Montgomery
Morro Castriell
New York
Miet
Thomas
United States Feet
San Juan
Scaman Frank Widemark
Newark
Samuel Feliman Les
M. G. Merkle
KC. Hull
John Mitchell Boghtly Hare
Widemark
Iowa
Indiana
London
Havana
Kingston
Jamaica
Winslow
Cardenas
Key West
Navy Department
Waxmington
Peary
Conserving Vital Force in the Modern Age
A discussion on death by consumption as a lingering threat and the role of the stomach in sustaining vital force. Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is cited as a means to daily store energy, aiding digestion and stamina during youth and middle life.
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Cox
Pierce
Fleets May Meet Today South of Porto Rico
Washington May 13 After reducing San Juan fortifications Admiral Sampson's fleet sails to seek Spanish warships reported off Martinique. The Spanish cruisers arrived at Port de France and prepared to bombard Manila and San Juan. If the fleet heads Cuban coast Sampson will engage tomorrow while Schley's squadron heads to Havana to reinforce the blockade. The heavily armored cruisers Vizcaya Almirante Oquendo Infanta Maria Teresa Cristobal Colon and four torpedo boats constitute the enemy force.
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San Juan
Sampson
Martinique
Port de France
Manila
Cuban
Schley
Havana
Havana Bay
Vizcaya
Almirante Oquendo
Infanta Maria Teresa
Cristobal Colon
Mapnip
San Juan de Porto Rico
Porto Rico
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Vitor
Cape Verde Islands
Oregon
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Nictheroy
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Spain
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Kiartinique
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St. Thomas
Gussie Expedition Lands at Cabanas After Skirmish
The transport steamer Gussie, carrying 7000 rifles for Cuban fighters, engaged Spanish forces at Cabanas in Pinar del Rio province. One American was wounded in the arm, gunboats Wasp and Manning protected the landing, and Cuban insurgents reinforced the expedition before Spanish troops withdrew. Admiral Sampson reported the San Juan attack with several wounded aboard.
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Gussie
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Cabanas
Pinar del Rio
Tampa
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United States Cavalry
Onian Seals
Jussie
Wasp
Sampson
Invasion Plan Changes and Troop Deployments
War department orders 29 087 volunteers for immediate assembly at Chickamauga, shifting 71st and First Massachusetts to Tampa by rail to avoid Spanish fleet risks. Illinois delegation pressed for rapid deployment of 800 trained men, while reports from Havana and Manila detail bombardments and ongoing blockades amid tensions with Spain.
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Schley Ordered To Sea As Spanish Fleet Sighted West of Martinique
Washington received word that the Spanish squadron was sighted west of Martinique 600 miles from Porto Rico. Secretary Long ordered Commodore Schley’s squadron to sail at once from Hampton Roads to engage the Spanish fleet, believed pursuing Admiral Sampson’s squadron near Cuba.
Preparations for Defense of Las Palmas Reported
News from the Canaries notes steamers arriving May 4 from the islands with no Spanish fleet sighted. British subjects flee by steamer while a rumored anti British sentiment causes locals to sleep in smokestacks. Spaniards claim vast coal stores and torpedo plants, but harbor remains unmined. In London, Madrid reports orders for Spanish warships as harbor lights go out at Maxaca.
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Sities
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Rough Riders Camp Opens as Eastern Leaders Join Roosevelt Unit
Woodbury Kane Reginald Ronald Hamilton Fish Jr and about 40 eastern clubmen and social leaders arrived May 18 in San Antonio to join Roosevelt's Rough Riders. After breakfast at the Menger they moved to barracks at a fair building camp under mill rule with sentinels. About 650 men are in camp and 200 more from Indian Territory expected tomorrow completing the regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt is expected Saturday.
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Tex
Woodbury Kane
Reginald Ronald
Hamilton Fish, Jr
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Rough Riders
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Wil Wee Ey
Arizona
Henry Remming
Indian Territory
Leonard Woodsoddie
Dunn
Herzeg
Second Fleet at Cadiz Prepares Philippine Expedition
Giazattan reports the second Spanish fleet remains at Cadiz with battleship Pelayo armored cruiser Emperador Carlos V cruiser Alfonso XIII and auxiliary ships including former Hamburg line steamers Columbia and Normannia. A robust militia effort is claimed to be forming for a Philippine Islands expedition, with mines said to guard Cadiz harbor.
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Giazattan
Cadiz
Pelayo
Emperador
Carlos V
Alfonso XIII
Rapido
Patria
Hamburg-American Line
Columbia
Normannia
Fisa
Milit ‘Pediod
Mae Diz
Cadis
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