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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...
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
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Publisher: New York, Thompson
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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asa sign that they had surrendered. Spanish Treachery. Early the next morning Commander Lamberton and another officer,witha small force of marines, were dispatched on the Petrel to take possession ofthe arsenal. On reaching a point within 500 yards of the shore, they discov-ered that the arsenal was occupied by about 800 Spanish seamen armed withMauser rifles. As the white flag had been hoisted the day before. CommanderLamberton could not understand what the Spaniards intended to do, andbefore leaving the Petrel ordered Commander Wood to keep his men at theirguns, and if he and his party were not back in one hour to open fire on thearsenal. On landing, they were met by Captain Sostoa, of the Spanish navy. Hewas next in rank to Admiral Montijo, who had been wounded in the battleand conveyed to Manila. The Americans went with Captain Sostoa to thearsenal headquarters, which was at once surrounded by an armed guard.Commander Lamberton told the Captain that he was surprised to see his men
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200 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. under arms after they had surrendered on the day before. Captain Sostoareplied that they had not surrendered, but had merely hoisted the white flagto enable them to remove their women and children to places of safety. When the Spanish flag came down and the white flag went up,exclaimed Lamberton, hot with rage at the duplicity of the Spaniards, noother interpretation could have been put upon it except that it was an uncon-ditional surrender. Besides, he continued, the women and children oughtnot to have been at the arsenal. Captain Sostoa said in reply: You Americans came on us so early thatwe had not time to remove them. If you had not begun the battle so soon,all the women and children would have been out of the way. Lamberton reminded him that the Spaniards fired the first shot. How-ever, he added, we are not here to discuss past events. I come, as Commo-dore Deweys representative, to take possession of this arsenal. TheSpaniards here must surrender t

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