A history of the United States . an any of ours except the Brooklyn and theNew York, one battleshipof the Indiana type, andseveral destroyers, a typeof which we had was generally supposedthat the Spanish navywas somewhat superior tothe American. On April 29 AdmiralCerVCras division of theSpanish fleet left the CapeVerde Islands for the WestIndies, but its destinationwas unknown, and therewere many conjectures inthe papers as to whetherit would appear in Cubanwaters or attack someunguarded point on thecoastof the United States. While the American people were eagerly awaiting theappearan
A history of the United States . an any of ours except the Brooklyn and theNew York, one battleshipof the Indiana type, andseveral destroyers, a typeof which we had was generally supposedthat the Spanish navywas somewhat superior tothe American. On April 29 AdmiralCerVCras division of theSpanish fleet left the CapeVerde Islands for the WestIndies, but its destinationwas unknown, and therewere many conjectures inthe papers as to whetherit would appear in Cubanwaters or attack someunguarded point on thecoastof the United States. While the American people were eagerly awaiting theappearance of Cerveras squadron in American waters, theywere suddenly thrilled by the news of a great Battle ofnaval victory in Manila Bay. When war was Manila Baydeclared Commodore George Dewey was at Hong-Kong,where he had collected the half dozen not very formidablecruisers and gunboats on the Asiatic station. Acting underinstructions which were cabled to him from Washington, heset sail for Manila Bay with the purpose of capturing or. Admiral Dewey. 502 The New Nation destroying the Spanish fleet. During the night of April 30he entered the south channel leading into the bay and bydaybreak was off Manila, near enough to see the of his position lying eastward from Cavite the Spanishfleet was at anchor. With his flagship, the Olytnpia, in thelead Dewey closed in on the enemy and for more than twohours kept up a continuous fire on the Spanish ships andshore batteries, inflicting great damage. At 7:35 theAmerican fleet stood out into the bay and the men wereordered to go to breakfast. Shortly after eleven the squad-ron returned to complete its work and in less than an hourand a half most of the Spanish vessels were in flames. Inthis remarkable battle the American cruisers escaped allbut slight injury and only seven men were slightly receiving the news of this victory President McKinleyappointed Dewey rear-admiral and recommended that hebe promoted to the gr
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