A first book in American history with European beginnings . another, our ships advanced to battle. Commodore Dewey was on the flagships bridge. At last the moment of attack came, and Captain Gridley heard him say, You may fire when ready, Gridley. Our squadron opened fire at that morning. About the signal went upto stop firing and towithdraw from had happened?The Commodore hadtried to find out howmany rounds of am-munition were left onhis ship, and by mis-take had been toldthat only fifteen re-mained. That couldnot be! But to makesure, the ships wereordered to withdrawfro
A first book in American history with European beginnings . another, our ships advanced to battle. Commodore Dewey was on the flagships bridge. At last the moment of attack came, and Captain Gridley heard him say, You may fire when ready, Gridley. Our squadron opened fire at that morning. About the signal went upto stop firing and towithdraw from had happened?The Commodore hadtried to find out howmany rounds of am-munition were left onhis ship, and by mis-take had been toldthat only fifteen re-mained. That couldnot be! But to makesure, the ships wereordered to withdrawfrom the battle. Whilethe crews had break-fast, the officers con-sulted and learned thatall was right with theammunition. Then back to thebattle went the Ameri-can ships, and in an hour and a half the Spaniards ceasedfiring. Their ships had been sunk, burned, or riddled;and Deweys work was done. Throughout May and June the war went on. Then inJuly an American fleet destroyed another Spanish fleet inthe harbor of Santiago. And a few days later the city of 378. Dewey on the Bridge of theOlympia. GEORGE DEWEY Santiago was surrendered to an American army. TheSpaniards had now had enough and sought terms of treaty which closed the war gave the Cubans theirfreedom and ceded to the United States Porto Rico andthe Philippine Islands, for which we agreed to pay $20,-000,000. Summary In April, 1898, the United States declared war againstSpain to force that country to free Cuba. Cuba was undermilitary rule, and the Cubans were oppressed and ill-treated.—The previous February the United States battleship Mainehad been wrecked in Havana Harbor, supposedly by Spanishautnority.—Commodore George Dewey destroyed the Spanishfleet in Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.—When theSpanish fleet in the Harbor of Santiago, Cuba, had been de-stroyed and the city of Santiago had surrendered, the war wasover.—By treaty, Cuba became independent; Spain ceded tothe United States Porto Rico a
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