. The student's American history . ager to rush into the jaws of death with him, he ran thecoal-ship Merrimac into the Santiago channel and sank heracross it. Hobson and his men were captured by the Span-iards, but were soon exchanged, and on shore he became thehero of the day. 579. Fighting near Santiago; Roosevelts <RoughRiders; destruction of Cerveras fleet.— A few weekslater General Shafter landed a strong force near Sanciago tocooperate with Captain Sampson in the capture of that skirmish brought out the fighting qualities of the regularsand of Colonel Roosevelts Rough Riders wh
. The student's American history . ager to rush into the jaws of death with him, he ran thecoal-ship Merrimac into the Santiago channel and sank heracross it. Hobson and his men were captured by the Span-iards, but were soon exchanged, and on shore he became thehero of the day. 579. Fighting near Santiago; Roosevelts <RoughRiders; destruction of Cerveras fleet.— A few weekslater General Shafter landed a strong force near Sanciago tocooperate with Captain Sampson in the capture of that skirmish brought out the fighting qualities of the regularsand of Colonel Roosevelts Rough Riders who here foughton foot. A week later (July 2, 1898), after a sharp engagementat El Caney and San Juan, our men drove the Spaniards intoSantiago with heavy loss. Shortly afterward Captain Sampson went to confer withGeneral Shafter, leaving Commodore Schley in command ofthe fleet, with orders to keep a sharp lookout for Cervera, forthe Merrimac had only half corked the bottle. Not long after Captain Sampson left a shout went up from. RECONSTRUCTION, THE NEW NATION. 53/ the flag-ship Brooklyn, The Spaniards are coming out of theharbor ! Both sides opened fire at the same time ; but theSpanish admiral, with his six vessels, had small chance in acontest with a powerful fleet of eleven vessels, comprising fourfirst-class battle-ships.* In less than three hours all of theenemys fleet were blazing, helpless wrecks, and Cervera him-self was a prisoner of war on board of one of our ships. Spain had another squadron at home, but she needed that toprotect her coast; so far as we were concerned, her power onthe ocean was practically destroyed. 580. The end of the war; the treaty with Spain;outbreak at Manila; the treaty ratified; annexation ofHawaii. — Soon after this decisive defeat the Spaniards sur-rendered Santiago. A few days later Spain asked for terms of peace, and onAugust 12, 1898, a protocol covering the preliminaries of peacewas signed at Washington. The President a
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