08 Jul 1898
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Newspaper
Traverse Bay Eagle
Location
Traverse City, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1898
Page
1
Tens of thousands gathered as Spanish defenders faced uncertain strength and a looming bombardment. Arch Bishop urged surrender in a cable to Madrid. Refugees flooded Jamaica ports while ships departed leaving Santiago in panic and wounded streaming in from the lines.
Cablegrams from Shafter report Captains Alger Sewell and Corbin in good health near Playa del Este. Wheeler feeble but with command, Young heads to Key West, Hawkins slightly wounded. Prisoner handling outlined for Hobson men at Seavey’s Island and officers at Fort Warren. Plans discussed to raise wrecked Spanish ships Cristobal Colon and others for possible integration into the U S Navy.
Port Antonio Jamaica July 7. Admiral Cervera consulted officers before sailing from Santiago de Cuba harbor. By a small majority the move to westward was agreed, with Manzanillo Cienfuegos or Havana as targets. Eastward was avoided due to a large transport fleet sighting and a convoy still with transports.
Cablegrams from Siboney Cuba report five hundred wounded arriving since Friday with inadequate hospital space and Texas aiding refugees at Siboney before sailing to Guantanamo. A separate dispatch details mutiny and firing on Spanish prisoners aboard the Harvard after the Maria Teresa’s destruction. Key West health authorities permit landing of wounded from the Iroquois, with most injured from Friday’s first day battle and expected readiness for duty in a month or six weeks.
Special to Daily Eagle reports Spanish losses in the Santiago fleet destruction totaling 1,200 killed and 1,500 captured against one killed and two wounded on the American side. Hobson and seven seamen surrendered to Spanish authorities and were escorted to American lines amid cheering by U S troops.
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