Terrible condition in Santiago amid famine fears
The dispatches report panic in Santiago as bombardment fears grip residents. General Shafter notes food shortages with rice as the sole staple, while troops are in good spirits and wounded care is satisfactory. Other items discuss Spanish prisoners, the Hay cable, and a new Cuban refrigerated meat facility.
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Bantiago
Wasuixeton
Corvin Fromener
Santiago
Shafter
Shatter
Food for the Cubans and Army Relief Efforts
Plans to feed starving Cubans proceed systematically as the army commissary department loads large consignments aboard the Port Victor. Relief has operated for two months with hundreds of thousands of rations, including refrigerated beef for Cuban troops and reconcentrados.
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Wasmaton
Commissary Department
Army
Port Victor
Heavy American Loss in Two Days of Fighting
A Union army report estimates 1700 American casualties over two days, with about 100 killed and 6000 to 12,600 engaged. Surgeons project many wounded will recover, while regiments such as the Seventy first New York, Thirteenth and Sixth regulars suffer heavy officer losses.
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Barone Sanita
Kingston
mwAdy Mp
Ourimen
Boris
Seventy-first
New York
Heavy loss of officers at Santiago in two days
Officials in the war department lament a heavy officer toll from the Santiago fighting. Reported 68 American officers killed or wounded in two days. The losses stem from officers leading charges and exposing themselves to enemy fire, with Spanish sharpshooters targeting officers as the main danger.
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Washinatox
War Department
Santiago
Red Cross Ship Arrives With Wounded at Key West
The Red Cross steamer Troquoia reached Key West from Santiago de Cuba carrying 420 wounded on board. No communication with the vessel is permitted as authorities await instructions from the state board of health. In Tampa, transports have departed Port Tampa with war material supplies and 8600 men bound for General Shafter at Santiago.
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Key West
Fla
Red Cross
Troquoia
Santiago de Cuba
State Board of Health
Tampa
Port Tampa
General Shafter
Santiaga
Spain Should Not Surrender, London Papers Say
London papers urge Spain to endure, praising bravery on both sides. They suggest Sagasta face possible disasters without dishonor and warn America’s resources and organization may outmatch Spain if surrender is delayed.
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London
Loynox
Cervera
Spain
Putea
Daily Graphic
Senor Sagasta
Madrid
Tilios
Onor
Daily News
Tig
America
Benefit Our Shipbuilders Seeks Armor Plating Support
A Daily Bail report from Lospex dated July 7 cites a Santiago de Cuba battle as evidence that American armor plating supplies are proven and durable. The correspondent notes continued demand for armor products and hints at subsidies or orders boosting U S armor makers.
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Dewey
Lospex
Batelo
Santiago da Cuba
Volunteers Go Direct to Santiago From Camp Alger
The Second brigade of the Second army corps broke camp at Camp Alger in the afternoon and began moving to reinforce General Shafter at Santiago. The unit includes the Eighth Ohio, Sixth Illinois, and Sixth Massachusetts under General Garrettson. The Sixth Massachusetts led the departure, boarding cars at Dun Lorin for Charleston, S C, around 10 o clock. The Ohio regiment heads to New York for the St Paul voyage, the Illinois troops to Charleston, with Massachusetts men aboard the Harvard and Yale.
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New York
St. Paul
Charleston
S. C
Massachusetts
Harvard
Yale
Troops Ordered to Move From Chickamauga to Ringgold
July 7 reports rapid troop movements as First brigade of First division, First Army Corps breaks camp at Chickamauga and moves to Ringgold Ga. for trains to Charleston. Regiments include Second and Third Wisconsin and Sixteenth Pennsylvania with Third Linois Fourth Ohio and Fourth Pennsylvania under orders to depart later. Major General Wilson to command detachment to Santiago.
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Aix Regimento
Chickamauga
Santiago
Ouattanooca
First Army Corps
Ringgold
Charleston
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Bo'clock
Linois
Ohio
Wilson
Refugees From Santiago Arrive Aboard Warships
British warships Alert and Pallas bring 42 refugees to Port Royal packed with a total of 42 aboard while the Austrian man of war Kaiserin Maria Theresa lands 88 refugees. The vessels departed Santiago de Onis harbor at dusk on Monday.
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Jamaica
Alert
Pallas
Kaiserin Maria Theresa
Port Royal
Santiago de Onls
Change of Plans in Santiago Bombardment Deferred
Reports from Wasmychos on July 7 say cabinet directives to Admiral Sampson and General Shafter aim at a joint land and sea strike on Santiago. The land bombardment is deferred after Spain’s fleet was annihilated, shifting plans to co ordinated action entering the harbor and bombarding the city. The outcome of the conference will determine the immediate national strategy.
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Santiago
General Shafter
Wasmychos
Admiral Sampson
Ate
Shatter
Representative Berry Honors Commodore Schley in Resolution
In the house a joint resolution is introduced to thank Commodore Schley and the officers and men under his command for destroying the Spanish fleet. Berry asserts Schley is the real hero, deserving all honors for the victory and the brave band under his immediate direction.
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Barer
Berry Lay
Congress
Schley
Berry
War Department charters Grand Duchess for transport
The Grand Duchess of the Plant line is chartered as an Army transport. The ship lies at Newport News and is suitable for the assigned duties being roomy and fast with modern fittings. The First Rhode Island Infantry is ordered to Santiago and may depart Camp Alger at any moment.
Desperate Spanish Night Attack on Kent’s Left Flank
The Spanish launched a night assault near 10 o clock aimed at General Kent's position. Spanish forces breached trenches, struck General Kent and General Wilcott's brigade, including the Ninth Thirteenth and Twenty fourth infantry, but American troops answered with heavy fire and halted the advance, inflicting severe losses.
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Santiago DE Cuma
Kingaton
Jamica
Kent
Wilcott
Capture of the Cristobal Colon in Caribbean action
After a pursuit from Kingston the Cristobal Colon ran ashore near Jamaica. Commodore Schley’s Brooklyn led a squadron including Oregon Iowa Indiana Texas and Gloucester in the pursuit and engagement that sank or damaged the Spanish armored cruiser. One Brooklyn crewman, George Henry Ellis, was killed.
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Orr Santiaco
Abots
Brooklyn
Oregon
Schley
Due
Cape Caney
Cristobal Colon
Iowa
Indiana
Texas
Gloucester
George Henry Ellis
J. Barns
Spanish Public Learns True Story of Escape Disorder Rising Among Military
Madrid dispatches report disorder spreading among the military and growing riotous crowds as Spain refuses open peace talks. Officials insist resistance continues while fears of civil war loom and garrisons stay confined. London reports rising anxiety from American-sourced dispatches but notes overall calm and no signs of mass unrest.
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Mapu
Madrid
Vio Daily
Martines Cameros
The
Standard
Times
Carvern
Spain Declares War Stance After Cuban News
The cabinet, after a brief session, chose to continue the war rather than open peace talks while a single soldier remains in Cuba. No new news on the Santiago bombardment. cables were sent to Governor General Blanco for details of the naval battle.
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Spain
Cuba
Santiago
Blanco
Sagasta Declares Cervera Squadron Defeated at Sea
Mapem July 7 Senor Sagasta announces Admiral Cervera's squadron defeated the Almirante Oquendo burned the Maria Teresa sank and Cervera himself is at war’s end. The dispatch with the details has not yet been fully deciphered.
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Vemier Sagists
Cervera
Mapem
Senor Sagasta
Cervera Prefers Sea Loss to Harbor Defeat in Cuba
Admiral Cervera stated he would rather lose his ships at sea than in the harbor near Santiago de Cuba. The remark was given to an Associated Press correspondent aboard the Iowa during the recent naval battle, and described as his only public statement. Also reported, General Augusti said his family escaped from Macedora in a boat and all arrived safely at Mapile after passing through American vessels.
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Santiago de Cuba
Associated Press
Cynthia II
Kingston
Jamaica
Cervera
Iowa
Augusti
Maprio
Cononi
Singapore
General Augusti
Philippines
Macedora
Americas
Mapile
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