Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . - all sorts of athletic exercises athome. He had been twice married, and had two sons and Sunday, July 3d, 1898, occurred the battle off Santiago de Cuba inwhich the Spanish fleet of Admiral Cervera was destroyed by the Amer-ican blockading squadron commanded by Admiral Sampson. At theeventful moment of the attempted escape of the Spanish fleet from theharbor Admiral Sampson was on the flagship New York, four mileseast of the blockading station, and seven miles from the harbor entrance 254 ADMIRAL WILLIAM T. SAMPSON.
Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements . - all sorts of athletic exercises athome. He had been twice married, and had two sons and Sunday, July 3d, 1898, occurred the battle off Santiago de Cuba inwhich the Spanish fleet of Admiral Cervera was destroyed by the Amer-ican blockading squadron commanded by Admiral Sampson. At theeventful moment of the attempted escape of the Spanish fleet from theharbor Admiral Sampson was on the flagship New York, four mileseast of the blockading station, and seven miles from the harbor entrance 254 ADMIRAL WILLIAM T. SAMPSON. where the bauie took place. Admiral Sampson had intended to land atSiboney to consult with General Shafter, commander of the land forcesin Cuba, to discuss the situation, as a more definite understandingbetween the operations proposed of the land and sea forces had beenrendered necessary by the unexpectedly stubborn resistance of theSpanish garrison of Santiago. While the American commander was thus absent the Spanish. VESSELS OF THE SPANISH FLEET Oil appeared in the channel to make a dash through the line ofblockade. The commander of the second division, Commodore Schley,took up the chase and led the fleet to victory until the New York, with Admiral Sampson on board, came up, and the latter resumed expediency of Admiral Sampsons leaving the post of blockadeat this time has given occasion for some adverse criticism. There is noquestion, however, that a meeting between the two leaders of the landand sea forces was necessary at this time for a better understanding oftlie joint mode of attack on Santiago. It was unfortunate, perhaps, for ADMIRAL WILLIAM T. SAMPSON. 255 Admiral Sampson that the Spanish fleet should have chosen jnst thatparticular hour for its attempted escape, but the result of the encountercould not have been more favorable to the American fleet than it is therefore of little purpose to speculate on the conduct of the chiefiif
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