Americans Capture Ocame In Puerto Rico Victory
General Wilson seized the town of Ocame with seven wounded, all from the Sixteenth Pennsylvania. Spaniards lost their commander Major Vellesoas, two captains, nine privates, and 85 wounded. Americans took 180 prisoners and lost few, while a cavalry detachment escaped. The operation involved rapid marches by the Sixteenth Pennsylvania and attacks by Wisconsin and New York units, ending with a Spanish surrender after heavy fire. Locals greeted the Americans gratefully as Wisconsin troops advanced beyond the town for the night.
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Porto Rico
Wilson
Sixteenth
Pennsylvania Regiment
Corporal Barnes
Company E
Wishart
Frank Whitlock
Clyde Frank
Jolly
Herbert Lubold
Vellesoas
Kvante
Lopez
Pennsylvania
Third Wisconsin
Troop O
New York
Second Wisconsin
Huling
Coamo
Wisconsin
Miles Pressing Forward in Porto Rico Advance
General Miles reports a highly satisfactory invasion of Porto Rico with ground advances daily. Four directional thrusts threaten San Juan while divisions under Henry Schwania Wilson Brooke converge near Aibonito Utuado Adjuntas Coamo Guayama. A Spanish post skirmish near Adjuntas left one officer dead.
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Ponca
Porto Rico
Miles
Aibonite Wules
Henry
Massachusetts
Adjuntas
Arecibos
San Juan de Porto Rico
Neral Schwania
Yauco
Wilson
Coamo
Brooke
Guayama
Stone
Utuado
Chots
Admiral Kirkland Seriously Ill in California
Rear Admiral Kirkland remains gravely ill with only a surgical operation offering a slim chance of recovery. Doctors report a successful operation after prior deterioration, with swift blood loss control and precise locating of the cause, while a San Diego physician is en route to assist. If not operated sooner, the ailment could have proved fatal.
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Wagner and
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Hays
Ganday
Carpenter
San Diego
San Neisco Uoder
W. G. Taylor
Navy
O. T. Hibbett
Taylor
Monterey Safe First Nebraska At Front In Manila Bay
Dispatches describe the arrival of the monitor Monterey and the collier Brutus at Manila during a gale. Admiral Dewey and General Merritt express relief as the third expedition prepares to land troops, with Utah artillery units fortifying advanced breastworks near Malate under American protection.
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Young
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Colorado
Aguinaldo
California
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McArthur
F Vr Infantry
Fourteenth Regular Infantry
Minnesota Volunteers
North Dakota
Idaho
Wyoming
Astor
Greene
Eighteenth Regular Infantry
Third Regiment
Artillery
Regular Engineers
Utah Light
Scarcity of Food at Manila Triggers Medical Crisis
News dispatch from Manila reports severe food shortages affecting all classes, with meat, bread, and flour scarce due to requisitions for Spanish troops. Famine and rains are linked to widespread illness, including dysentery, while the press notes censorship and measures like seizure of cattle and horses. In San Francisco, Sergeant Maurice Justa, 24, the city’s native Californian casualty at Malate, is remembered as a Guardsman who rose from private to captain before his death. Captain Reinholdt Richter, Austrian, wounded at Malate, has a storied U S Army and California Guard background.
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Manila
Tsing Riea
Justa
Malate
Austria
First Artillery
National Guard of California
Firat Infantry
Spain Sends Conditional Peace Reply to President Terms
Washington aug 10 observers report the Spanish note on peace terms may attach conditions to acceptance of the presidents offer. Five heads Cuba Porto Rico Ladrones Manila occupation and a commission govern the reply. No Cuban debt is mentioned though retention of arms by Spanish troops is noted under Cuba.
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Wasuineron
Washington
Dhai
Spain
Cuba
Porto Rico
Ladrone Islands
Manila
Dole to Remain in Office as Hawaii Governing Plan Debated
President Sanford B Dole will continue as Hawaii chief executive with no changes until Congress receives the commission report and enacts a permanent territorial government. State Department notes no new governor will be appointed, citing the annexation act and the need for orderly transition.
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Washington
Sanford B.dole
Hawaii
Congress
Eball
State Department
Dole
United States
No More Troops To Go To Porto Rico
Aug 10. The secretary of war halted dispatch of further reinforcements to Porto Rico. General Miles reports forces already there are enough to complete conquest. Wade’s 18 provisional regiments stay in the U S. Wilson’s division largely sailed. only Third Kentucky and Fifth Illinois remain at Newport News awaiting detail. General Greely says 100 miles of military telegraph are in operation in Porto Rico linking troops with Ponca station. Five Negroes Hanged In Arkansas. In Lirrie Roux, Ark., a mob lynched six people at Clarendon jail following the assassination of wealthy merchant T Orr. Orr’s widow is dead in her cell.
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Hult
Porto Rico
Wasuina
Secretary of War
Miles
Wade
United States
Wilson
Kentucky
Illinois
Newport News
Lirrie Roux
Ark
John
T. Orr
Clarendon
Berto Rico
Wassington
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