Setback in Cuba as Spaniards Repel Attack
Ingles May 1 report details a US blockading squadron engagement at Cardenas Harbor. The torpedo boat Winslow suffered five killed and several wounded as she was hit while entering the harbor to attack Spanish batteries protected by shore fire. Captain Bernadon notes heavy Spanish and shore fire, Winslow towed to safety. casualties confirmed.
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Debacle at Cardeñas Harbor Aboard Winslow
At Cardenas Harbor on Wednesday the torpedo boat Winslow along with the gunboats Wilmington and Hudson engaged Spanish gunboats and land batteries. Ensign Worth Bagley and four Winslow crew members were killed. several others wounded. The battle, lasting about an hour, left the Winslow out of action and caused extensive damage to Spanish defenses and nearby structures.
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Cardenas
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Mire
W. H. Baxiey
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Naval Academy
Academy
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The
Wilangton
Many Spanish Wars Bloodshed to the Peninsula and World
A sweeping, flagellating panorama tracing Spain’s long wars from Phoenician times to colonial domination and decline. The piece glosses conquests, invasions, Inquisition, and empire building, noting brutality, revolts, expulsions, and eventual decline into bankruptcy and loss of colonies, ending with a warning against renewed conflict with the United States.
Samoan Bathing Party After Rainfall in Moonlit Beach
John Harrison Wagner recalls a Samoan bathing party where visitors, after a rainstorm, bathed in a freshwater pool by the beach. Girls shed garments made of linen water-elota, swam in the moonlit water, then raced and played games before an elder admonished that decent people should sleep.
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Harper's
Dewey's Philopena Dating in Manila May Day Tale
Poem recounts U S forces under Dewey in Manila on a May day. It humorously blends caricature and battle imagery as Spanish foes suffer a mock “philopena” breakfast of hardtack and coffee, followed by cannon and a boastful line about Remember the Maine. Narrator credits T F Johnson 1868 Lancaster.
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