Identifier: americaswarforhu00newy (find matches)
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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ugh them. Only a little way below the Moro is a small stone fortification. It was an easy mark, but not a shot from the American ships fell near it. In that old fort Lieutenant Hobson and the other heroes of the Merrimac were prisoners. The works above and below their prison were entirely destroyed, which testifies to the accuracy of our firing. Away back of the city a party of insurgents with some field artillery had taken up a position. They were ten miles off, and could not possibly do any damage; but they could not stand by and do nothing, so they blazed away,and probably the waste of shells was paid for in their obvious satisfaction. As usual, the Spaniards reported this affair as a brilliant victory for themselves, claiming that the Americans made three desperate assaults, and were repulsed each time with heavy losses, estimated at 1500 men! They,however, admitted the sinking of the Reina Mercedes, one of the vessels of Admiral Cerveras fleet. No one was hurt on the American side; but the
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412 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. Spanish loss must have been heavy, from the destruction wrought in the fortifications by the bursting shells. The bombardment was renewed from day to day with the view of shattering the works of the enemy and preparing for a safe landing of our troops. Finally, on the 10th of June, after a brief engagement, in which a regiment of Spanish infantry was driven headlong from its position, eight hundred and fifty American marines were landed on the eastern side of the harbor of Guantanamo. The landing was made under the protection of the guns of the Oregon, the Marblehead, and the Yosemite. By this brilliant stroke the American forces gained a most desirable base. It brought within their grasp the railroad which runs from Guantanamo to Caimanero, and placed at their mercy several ships loaded with coal that were lying in the harbor at the time. This first landing in the vicinity of Guantanamo was accomplished in broad daylight. The Spaniards made a feeble attempt at

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