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Title: America's war for humanity related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty, and the glorious heroism of America's soldiers and sailors
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: New York, St. Louis, N.D. Thompson Publishing Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ew more such victories wouldend the war, so far as Spain is concerned. To the American sailors thebattle was a disappointment. They went to Porto Rico expecting to meet aSpanish squadron, and found but a few forts, with guns bravely manned,but badly handled; and, instead of sinking the enemys squadron, they hadthe meager satisfaction of smashing old walls and dismantling the guns. The capture of the town was not the object of the expedition. Itsbombardment was but an incident in the fruitless hunt for Spanish warships. The Hunt for Spanish Ships Before the Battle. To all appearance the cruiser New York, the battleships Iowa andIndiana, and the cruiser Detroit, left the blockade off Cuba May 1st. Theywent to Key West, where two days were spent in preparing for the expedition. By nightfall of Tuesday, May 3d, the last coal barge had left the lozcasside, and all was ready for the start. At twelve oclock the Iowa, Indianaand Detroit weighed anchor and steamed away. They were soon followed
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318 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. by the collier Niagara and armed tugboat Wampatuck. At daybreak alaunch from Key West delivered dispatches to the flagship, and immediatelyafterward she was under way, headed for the Cuban coast. By eleven oclock the flagship was off Havana, where she was joined bythe cruiser Montgomery. The two vessels pointed their noses eastward andsoon overtook the Iozea, Indiana and Detroit. Evening found the vesselsoff Cardenas, where they were re-enforced by the monitors Terror andAitiphitritc and the torpedo boat Porter, which took on coal from the Niagara. Coaling the Porter delayed the squadron until midnight, when it oncemore proceeded eastward, the Terror and Ampliitrite being towed by theNew York and Iowa. The expedition was now on in earnest, and greatprecautions were taken to keep the movement as secret as possible. Duringthe day no colors were shown by any of the ships, and at night no lightswere carried. Either the Detroit or the Montgomery usually went

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