. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . my. The organizationand mobilization of troops was promptly begun and rapidly pushed. oMeantimeour naval vessels were actively cruising around the Island of Cuba, expectingthe appearance of the Spanish fleet. 244 THE BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN. On INIay lltli the gunboat Wilmington, revenue-cuttei* Hudson, and thetorpedo-boat Windoiv entered Cardenas Bay, Cuba, to attack the defenses andthree small Spanish gunboats that had taken refuge in the harbor. The Wnishvtbeing of light draft took the lead, and when within eight hundred yards
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . my. The organizationand mobilization of troops was promptly begun and rapidly pushed. oMeantimeour naval vessels were actively cruising around the Island of Cuba, expectingthe appearance of the Spanish fleet. 244 THE BOMBARDMENT OF SAN JUAN. On INIay lltli the gunboat Wilmington, revenue-cuttei* Hudson, and thetorpedo-boat Windoiv entered Cardenas Bay, Cuba, to attack the defenses andthree small Spanish gunboats that had taken refuge in the harbor. The Wnishvtbeing of light draft took the lead, and when within eight hundred yards of thefort was fired upon with disastrous effect, being struck eighteen times and ren-dered heljjless. For more than an hour the frail little craft was at the mercyof the enemys batteries. The revenue-cutter Hudson (piickly answered hersignal of distress by coming to the rescue, and as she was in the act of drawingthe disabled boat away a shell from the enemy burst on the Winslow^s deck,killing three of her crew outright and wounding manv more. Ensign A\^orth. CAMP SCENE AT CHICKAMAUGA. Bagley, of the Winsloic, who had recently entered active service, was one of thekilled. He was the first officer who lost his life in the war. The same shellbadlv wounded Lieutenant Bernadou, Commander of the boat. The Hudson,amidst a i-ain of fire from the Spanish gunboats and fortifications, succeeded intowing the ^Y^nslow to Key West, where the bodies of tlie dead were jireparedfor burial and the vessel was placed in repair. On May 12th the First Infantrylanded near Port Cabanas, Cuba, with supplies for the insurgents, which theysucceeded in delivering after a skirmish with the Spanish troops. This was thefirst land engagement of the war. On the same date Admiral Sampsons squadron arrived at San Juan, PortoKico, whither it had gone in the expectation of meeting with Admiral Cerveraa
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