Americans Sink Spanish Fleet at Santiago in Bold Action
Reports from Washington credit Commodore Schley with a decisive strike at Santiago de Cuba. The outer forts and Morro fortress are heavily damaged, with no American casualties and minimal ship damage. The Marblehead and St Paul are cited in confirming Spanish ships near the harbor and a possible capture of the Alfonso XIII off Cuba’s coast.
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Schley
Atlantic
Sartiaga de Cuba
Morro
Cervéra
Nover
Sehler
Eas West
Alfonso Nite
Guba
St Paul
Shin
Alfonso Niii
Watson
Hevena
Alfonsy US
Alfonsy
Battle of Santiago Harbor from the Spanish American War
The American fleet advances to Santiago with Schley moving his flag to the Massachusetts. Massachusetts, New Orleans, and Iowa push near Morro Castle while the Brooklyn and Texas hold distance the blockading line. Fire erupts as Krupp shells exchange, Cristobal Colon and batteries reply, and the clash becomes a dramatic but inconclusive early engagement.
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Schley
Brooklyn
Massachusetts
New Orleans
Iowa
Morze Castle
Texas
Massesetts
Cristobal Colon
Spanish American War Dispatches Chronicle Cuba Invasion
War dispatches describe the start of the Cuban invasion as Commodore Schley blocks and transports carry about 30,000 troops from Tampa and Mobile to Santiago, with Miles directing the move. Reports note ships, logistics, and fears of Spanish vessels while Sweden, Austria, and Britain react to the evolving conflict.
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Miles
Cape Verde
Washington
Adair Cervera
Santiago de
Commodore Schley
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Cervera
Cuba
Eet
Santiago
Geo. Miles
War Department
Sule
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Gabe
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Mobile
Key West
Sampson
Florida Straits
Front dispatch notes wartime disruptions and recruitment
reports describe damaged cable links between Cadiz and Laim and a plan to assign twenty five nurses per regiment pushing totals to 3 750. Ker West reports the rainy season starts in Cuba with daily rain. a shipping firm is commissioned to ferry mails from Muanile to Borgkazg. The wartime era notes the Eighth New York regiment attracting many German recruits amid rapid enlistments.
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Laim
Ker West
Cuba
Muanile
Borgkazg
Havana
Bank of Spain Faces Finance Crisis in Madrid
Madrid reports a looming bank crisis as the Bank of Spain negotiates a 1.002 billion pesetas loan at 4 percent to prop up the government and avoid currency upheaval. A large city procession reflects public tension while calls mount to prevent a forced currency and note discounts. The development could influence military efforts as war progresses.
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Eugene A. van Waldick
Holland
Clevelant
Ohio
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Spain
United States
Paris
Madrid
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Barker
Sagua la Grande
Cuba
Bank of Spain
Bank of
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Washington
Laad Cod
Porto Rico
The Lively Rhinoceros and Major Macdonald in East Africa
Major J R Macdonald recounts encounters with rhinoceroses during an East Africa railroad survey. The animals probe caravans with tentative charges and windward circling, sometimes scattering porters. Pringle watches as a rhino chases, while a bedding bale becomes a surprise plaything in a humorous encounter.
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J. R. Macdonald
East
Africa
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Pringle
Major Waedonald
Thich
Innocent Saw Stirs Wary Mother in Slang Year Tale
A Louisville Journal item recalls a telegram from a son abroad prompting parental alarm. A mother, startled by a garbled message about a supposed leg injury, begs her husband to send money for the best doctor in the East as the son enjoys life in New York.
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New York
Erit
Louisville Vonrier Journal
Relics of Raleigh Cultivated in Ireland Echo Across Centuries
Sir John Pope Hennessy notes relics of Sir Walter Raleigh in Ireland eight centuries after his life. Yellow wall gums from the Azores and the Amene cherry survive near Cork and Youghal. Cedars remain at Corks, and the four yew trees shelter Raleigh’s tobacco smoking in Youghal gardens. The warden’s house garden contains the famed Trisk netato site.
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Walter Raleigh
Sir Walter Raleigh
Ireland
John Pope Hennessy
Azores
Cork
Tirot
Raleigh
Youghal
Gardes
Etre
Fragments Reflect On Ancestors And Morning Meals
Passages discuss respectability of Tuy ancestors and Ninkin-T assertions. The speaker contends long-lived people often are those who make breakfast the principal meal, noting the stomach’s vigor in the morning.
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Tal
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