A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . army. The organizationand mobilization of troops was promptly begun and rapidly pushed. Meantimeour naval vessels were actively cruising around the Island of Cuba, expectingthe appearance of the Spanish fleet. THE BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN. 55i On May lltli the gunboat Wilmington, revenue-cutter ffudson, and thetorpedo-boat Winslow enteied Cardenas Bay, Cuba, to attack the defenses andthree small Spanish
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . army. The organizationand mobilization of troops was promptly begun and rapidly pushed. Meantimeour naval vessels were actively cruising around the Island of Cuba, expectingthe appearance of the Spanish fleet. THE BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN. 55i On May lltli the gunboat Wilmington, revenue-cutter ffudson, and thetorpedo-boat Winslow enteied Cardenas Bay, Cuba, to attack the defenses andthree small Spanish gunboats that had taken refuge in the harbor. The Winslowbeing of light draft took the lead, and when within eight hundred yards of thefort was fired upon with disastrous effect, being struck eighteen times and ren-dered helpless. For more than an hour the frail little craft was at the mercyof the enemys batteries. The revenue-cutter ffiahon quickly answered hersignal of distress by coming to the rescue, and as she was in the act of di-awingthe disabled boat away a shell from the enemy burst on the Wi7islows deck^killing three of her crew outright and wounding inanv mure. Ensii;n Worth. CAMP SC£;JMii; AT CniCKAMAUGA. Bagley, of the Winslow, who had recently entered active service, was one of thekilled. lie was the first officer who lost his life in the war. The same shellbadly wounded Lieutenant Bernadou, Commander of the boat. The Hudsoiiyamidst a rain of fire from the Spanish gunboats and fortifications, succeeded intowing the Winslow to Key West, where the bodies of the dead were preparedfor burial and the vessel was jilaced in repair. On May 12th the First Infantrylanded near Port Cabanas, Cuba, with supplies for the insurgents, which theysucceeded in delivering after a skirmish with the Spanish trooj^s. This was thefirst land engagement of the war. On the same date Admiral Sampsons squadron arrived at San Juan, PortoRico, whither it had gone iu the expectation of meeting
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