Heat and War on San Juan Ridge in Spanish American clash
The report recounts fierce fighting near Santiago with Spanish general Linares wounded, U S cavalry under Roosevelt and Sumner holding the line on San Juan ridge. It notes heavy Mauser fire, shifts in retreat plans, and the toll on Kent and Wheeler’s commands as Allied forces press to hold trenches and prepare for possible counterattacks.
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Inares
Santiago
Linares
Lae
San Jin
Sandian Ridge
Wpa
Shotter
Ax Xolliers
Lawton
Ontian
Towasil
EL Cancy Road
Sts
Ander
Roosevelt
Tule Bint
Marton
Bill
San Joan
Uint
el Caney
Ax Thins
Hitt
Kent Belding
Kent
Sumner
Joly
Bou Joan Ot
Caney Rand
Wheeler
Statheay
Marder
Ueders
Bunmer
Cavalry
Mickey Wheeler
Shafter
Meremobiu
Anil Ved Lindwett
Bates
San Juan Ridge
Bhafter
Taly 1
Leomohody
Hawkins
Gover
Parkhurst
Blackhour
Pearson
Markemen
Commander Wikett wraeie brigade column of figures shows strength
The piece notes a brigade column of figures detailing combined officers and men, with Kent's Tors on the Let at LM percent. On the 2d this division left 108 officers and men. Gronar L. Knorr
First Tin Soldier Exchange With Pressing Orders
A garbled comic snippet references a marching unit awaiting a pressed uniform and a delayed captain, set in a World newspaper style. The dialogue mixes military and theatrical lines with exaggerated misprints and foreign phrases, portraying a chaotic scene.
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New York
Young Spanish Boy Enlists in U S Navy
Pedro Oriser, fourteen, once cabin boy on the Spanish cruiser Veo, has enlisted in the United States Navy at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He will be sent to the training school at Newport.
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New York
Pedro 1 Oriser
Veo ‘A
United States Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Newport
Manila Wet Weather Drenches City and Troops in Floods
Manila reports two days of continuous rain flood plains, swelled rivers, and submerged streets. The Thirteenth Infantry at Pacay is isolated by water with bridges washed away and bunks raised on cracker boxes. meals served knee deep in water. roads impassable. Pasay rice fields become a lake. tents toppled by wind. Manila Bay blocked. Centennial ready to sail for San Francisco as discharged men wait for transport.
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Manila
Pacay
Pasay
Great Lake
Second Reserve Hospital
Manila Bay
United States
Centennial
San Franccisco
Pasig
Gloucester Cricketers Fall to 240 In First Innings
Orlemeters Bristol July 14 The Gloucester eleven were all out for 240 runs in their first innings as the Australians batted to 877 runs in their first innings.
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Bristol
Gloucester
Rane
Patcriey
Serious transport delay stalls Manila to San Francisco plan
The War Department reports delays in the transport Warren Sherman and Grant failing to depart Manila for San Francisco. Storms have ceased and Quartermaster Ludington seeks reasons from Colonel Pope, chief at Mantle, to estimate when the ships will finally sail.
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New York
Sun
Washington
War Department
Warren
Sherman
Grant
Manila
Thesan Vassels
Philippines
San Francisco
Otishaw
Ludington
Pope
Guerra
Mantle
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