The American-Spanish war; . y^^-^^.^V.^^.vT. A.,. CHAPTER NAVAL BATTLE OF SANTIAGO. BY Capt. ROBLEY D. EVANS, U. S. N. ON May 19, 1898, the Spanish Admiral, Pascual Cervera yTopete, had entered the harbor of Santiago, on thesouth side of the Island of Cuba, with the fastarmored cruisers Infanta Maria Teresa, Vizcaya, AlinirantcOquendo and Cristobal Colon, together with the sea-goingtorpedo boats Furor and Phiton. On Sunday morning, July 3, 1898, the American fleet, com-manded by Rear-Admiral W. T. Sampson, was blockading theharbor of Santiago. The entrance to the harbor was de-fended b
The American-Spanish war; . y^^-^^.^V.^^.vT. A.,. CHAPTER NAVAL BATTLE OF SANTIAGO. BY Capt. ROBLEY D. EVANS, U. S. N. ON May 19, 1898, the Spanish Admiral, Pascual Cervera yTopete, had entered the harbor of Santiago, on thesouth side of the Island of Cuba, with the fastarmored cruisers Infanta Maria Teresa, Vizcaya, AlinirantcOquendo and Cristobal Colon, together with the sea-goingtorpedo boats Furor and Phiton. On Sunday morning, July 3, 1898, the American fleet, com-manded by Rear-Admiral W. T. Sampson, was blockading theharbor of Santiago. The entrance to the harbor was de-fended by numerous batteries, none of sufficient strength toendanger the blockading fleet, but together strong enough toprotect the lines of electric and observation mines with whichthe narrow channel was known to be planted. The disposition of the blockading fleet was as follows:becrinning at the eastern end of the line was the auxiliarygunboat Gloucester, off Aguadores, close into the land andabout three miles from the Morro fort ; next to the Glouees
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