The American-Spanish war; . Squadron on the west, of the entrance. The Ad-miral also said : If the enemy tries to escape, the ships mustclose in and engage as soon as possible, and endeavor to sinkhis vessels or force them to run ashore in the channel. On June 7th, when the dark nights came on, the Admiraladopted the following plan for night blockade ; three armedpicket-launches were stationed at dark at a distance of one 144 THE AMERICAN-SPANISH WAR. mile from the Morro, one launch to the east, one to the westand one south of the entrance. Outside of the launches, at adistance of two miles fr
The American-Spanish war; . Squadron on the west, of the entrance. The Ad-miral also said : If the enemy tries to escape, the ships mustclose in and engage as soon as possible, and endeavor to sinkhis vessels or force them to run ashore in the channel. On June 7th, when the dark nights came on, the Admiraladopted the following plan for night blockade ; three armedpicket-launches were stationed at dark at a distance of one 144 THE AMERICAN-SPANISH WAR. mile from the Morro, one launch to the east, one to the westand one south of the entrance. Outside of the launches, at adistance of two miles from the Morro and disposed in a simi-lar manner, were stationed, naming from west to east, theVixen, the Sinvance and the Do/phiii, the eastern and westernvessels being about three-fourths of a mile from shore. Thelarger remaining vessels, in their regular blockading order, layfour miles from the entrance. On June 8th, the loiva, Oregon and MassaeJnisetts took turnsof two hours each, in keeping a search-light on the entrance. ///.—Picket launches. b.—Guard ship. s.—Search-light ship. Disposition of vessels for night blockade according to Admiralslast order. of the harbor. This proving to be a success, these ships wereordered to go in, each in turn for two hours, to a distance oftwo miles and keep the beam of a search-light directly up thenarrow harbor entrance, taking care not to expose the picketlaunches. On June I2th, the blockading distance was re-duced to three miles in the daytime and to two miles at the landing of the Army, when the position of the THE STORY OF THE TEXAS. 145 enemy became critical, one battle-ship always lay in theshadow near the ship that was using the search-light, with themen at the guns, ready for immediate action. The morning of Sunday, July 3rd, 1898, was slightlycloudy and sultry. The ships of the American blockadingsquadron lay in their usual positions around the harbor-mouthof Santiago, anticipating nothing beyond the usual, quie
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