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Title: Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress ..
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910
Subjects: Progress Inventions
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rrison consisted of 520 men, thedefenses being one block-house and a shore fortification. It was not untilfour oclock that General Lawtons success was complete. His loss was437 killed and wounded, and but 30 of the enemy succeeded in escaping andreaching the Spanish lines. While Lawton was moving on El Caney, thecavalry division, unmounted, and Kents infantry division were ordered tomove forward. Crossing San Juan Eiver at a point about five hundredyards from the enemys fortifications on San Juan ridge, the left of thecavalry rested on the main Santiago road and the infantry formed to theleft of the cavalry. These troops were subjected to a very heavy fire inadvancing from El Pozo, in crossing the river and in forming on the other LEADING WARS OF THE CENTURY 397 side ; they, however, most bravely charged the enemy in their strong positionon Kettle Hill and San Juan ridge, and drove them precipitately from theirstrong fortifications ; the American loss being 154 killed and 997 wounded.
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GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER.(Copyright by Aime Dupont, 1899.) This placed the Americans in a position commanding the fortifications aroundthe city of Santiago. The Spanish fleet, consisting of five armored cruisers of 7.000 tons and 2torpedo-boat destroyers, attempted to escape from Santiago at 9.30 oclock onSunday morning, July 3, just nine weeks after the destruction of Monte jos 398 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY fleet. Schley and. Sampson destroyed the vessels and made prisoners of 70officers and 1600 men ; 350 were killed and 160 wounded. Fighting more or less severe occurred until the 10th, when negotiationsfor surrender were inaugurated, resulting in the capitulation of Santiago,

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