Miles Takes Porto Rico City Ponce in Bloodless Victory
Washington dispatches report Gen. Miles and Gen. Ernst’s forces captured the port and city of Ponce after a brief skirmish with Spanish troops. The American entry was met with enthusiastic local support as Miles proclaimed liberty and promised protection of property and continued local laws.
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Shington
Porto Rico
Ponce
Miles
Shafter
Santiago
Hen
Illinois
Inana
Ernst
Spain
United States
San Juan
Jen
Higginson
Cubans May Cause Trouble in Santiago As Seen by English Press
London papers discuss Cuban American relations in Santiago with sarcasm toward Cubans for avoiding work and bullets while praising Americans. The Standard warns of potential clashes as Americans may need to suppress patriots. Daily News notes possible prolonged American intervention and tariff concerns. a teletype report claims a reported battle near Songo was false with no fighting.
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Santiago
London
United States
Leess
Daily News
Aba
Carel
Songo
War News Week of July War Report from Porto Rico Campaign
Sums notes on naval battles at Santiago and Nipe, landings by Gen Miles near Guanica and Ponce, Cuban relief efforts at Cienfuegos, and Ferocity of Spanish defense. Brooke sails to Porto Rico. Shafter reports fever among troops. Madrid claims armistice talks while U.S. vessels press advance.
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Porto Rico
Tampa
Brooke
Chickamauga
Newport News
Nipe
Santiago
Garcia
Shafter
Guantanamo
Havana
Lieut. Hobson
Cristobal Colon
Navy Department
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Ponce
Cienfuegos
Sampson
Guanica
Stars and Stripes
Senoros
Schley
Cervera
Spain
M. Cambon
Washington
McKinley
United Sates
Mobile
Grand Duchess
Madrid
Yauco
San Juan
Songo
Charleston
Alger
Montauk Point
Long Island
St. Paul
Port of Ponce
Miles Lands Troops in Porto Rico Harbor Guanica
The advance brigades of Gen. Miles's army landed on Porto Rico, choosing Guanica harbor fifteen miles west of Ponce. The Gloucester and other ships arrived with 4,000 troops, artillery, horses, and ammunition from Havana. The ships then moved to Guanica to establish bases for imminent reinforcements, with the American flag raised over the harbor.
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Ponce
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Columbia
Gloucester
Tracyasthore
Porto Nico
Yauco
San Juan
Mayaguez
Guayama
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Miles
Rico
Washington
Army of Invasion
War Department
Wainwright
Guantanamo
Yale
Kaiser Sends Friendly Message to President About Philippines
President McKinley received a message from Emperor William of Germany viewed as highly gratifying amid rumors of German action at Manila. The German ambassador delivered the message, read to the cabinet, and its tone was guarded. It suggests Germans may defer to Admiral Von Diedrichs and Admiral Dewey without formal mutual representations.
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Philippines
McKinley
William
Manila
von Diedrichs
Dewey
United States
Shafter's Losses at Santiago Reported
General Shafter's detailed battle casualty report from Santiago arrives at the War Department. Total American casualties cited as 1,595: 23 officers and 2081 enlisted men killed. 80 officers and 1,203 men wounded. 81 missing, presumed dead. Spanish prisoners not taken.
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Shafter
Santiago
War Department
Spain Sees Navy Ships Brought to U S For Overhaul
The Navy orders most large battleships and armored cruisers home for rapid overhauling after heavy action. The Texas sails to New York from Santiago. Indiana Brooklyn Iowa show varied wear, including splintered decks, bulged bulkheads, and an unexploded shell.
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United States
West Indian
Navy Department
Texas
New York
Santiago
Indiana
Brooklyn
Cristobal Colon
Iowa
Army Care Arrangements for Wounded Soldiers on Atlantic Coast
The medical department has arranged care for sick and wounded soldiers at Atlantic coast hospital stations. About 1,000 beds are provided at Fort Monroe with ample facilities elsewhere. Surgeons report rapid healing of Santiago campaign injuries and rare cases of blood poisoning. Mauser bullet wounds have generally not been dangerous and responded well to antiseptic treatment.
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Medical Department of the Army
Atlantic
Fort Monroe
Surgeon General
Santiago
Wrecks of Spanish Ships at Manila Bay Burned and Lethal
Divers report heavy damage on the Reina Christina and Castilla after Dewey s attack in Manila Bay. Charred remains and burned hulls mark the sunken cruisers with six large shell holes evident, and bodies aboard are badly burned.
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Manila
Dewey
Manila Bay
Castilla
Maine
Havana Harbor
Garcia Demands Respect from Shafter After Spanish Surrender
General Garcia writes General Shafter expressing disgust at how American forces treated him. He warns he will withdraw his troops to the hills rather than submit to further indignities. He cites lack of official notice of Toral’s surrender and exclusion from the formal ceremony.
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Shafter
Gen. Garcia
Gen. Shafter
Toral
Spain asks peace terms after White House conference
Washington special reports Spain on its knees, begging Mr McKinley to discuss peace terms as Sagasta offers an olive branch. A White House meeting with President McKinley, Secretary Day, French ambassador Cambon, and Thiebault lasted over an hour as Spain seeks clemency and end to the war.
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Spain
Washington
White House
United States
Madrid
Blanco
Peninsula
Sagasta
McKinley
Day
M Cambon
Thiebault
Legation
Stat
Don Antonio de Ulloa sinks after shell raking finds no survivors
Reports describe the Don Antonio de Ulloa as sinking swiftly after shells tore the hull. Many bodies crowded near the ladder to the superstructure indicate crew were killed while attempting to lift a treasure chest to safety. Engineers rushed to escape but were unable to flee.
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Don Antonio de Ulloa
Spain
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