The American-Spanish war; . ion omits theport of Sagua la Grande, lying on the north shore to theeastward of Cardenas. This point was of considerable valueto the Spaniards and its omission was thought at the time tobe due to reasons of state, unknown to the writer. War having been declared on the twenty-first of April, thefirst movement toward Cuba was made by Admiral Sampsonsfleet leaving Key West the morning of the twenty-secondand arriving off Havana at sundown of the same day. Pa-trolling, during the night, before that port in fleet formation,the vessels took station the next day at points
The American-Spanish war; . ion omits theport of Sagua la Grande, lying on the north shore to theeastward of Cardenas. This point was of considerable valueto the Spaniards and its omission was thought at the time tobe due to reasons of state, unknown to the writer. War having been declared on the twenty-first of April, thefirst movement toward Cuba was made by Admiral Sampsonsfleet leaving Key West the morning of the twenty-secondand arriving off Havana at sundown of the same day. Pa-trolling, during the night, before that port in fleet formation,the vessels took station the next day at points specified bythe Admiral and began the regular work assigned to after leaving Key West the Spanish steamer BitenaVentura was captured, and in the first few days of the block-ade several vessels were intercepted and either captured andsent in as prizes or warned of the blockade and ordered tokeep off. The latter were valuable vessels which, beingwithin the limit of time set by the President in his proclama- H 3=. ^jiH THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA. 225 tion and belonging to neutral nations, could not be regardedas guilty, unless after one warning a second attempt shouldbe made. The margin of time thus given does not, however,exempt vessels belonging to the enemy, and of these oneof the most notable captures was the Panama which appearedfrom the northward steering for Havana and was pluckilybrought to by the little Mangrove, which was assisted later insecuring the prize by the Indiana. From Havana as a center Admiral Sampson extended theblockade to neighboring harbors east and west, as rapidly ashis force was increased by the Navy Department. Matanzaswas almost immediately guarded by monitors and smallvessels and these extended the line, as their numbers made itpracticable, to cover the entrance to the reefs and islands,inside of which lies Cardenas. Beyond this to the eastwardthere was no marked extension for some time, and later, whenthe force at hand would have permitted t
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