HISTORY 



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April 20th President McKinley. authorized by 

 Congress to intervene in Cuba, u>ing the 

 United States military and naval forces, 

 sent an ultimatum to Spain. The Spanish 

 minister at once left Washington, and the 

 next day the United States minister left 

 Madrid. 



April 22d A proclamation was issued by the 

 President blockading the principal ports of 

 Cuba. 



April 23d President McKinley issued a call for 

 12.1.000 volunteers to serve for two years. 



April 27th The batteries of Matanzas, Cuba, 

 we're shelled by Admiral Sampson's flagship, 

 the "New York." with the monitor "Puri- 

 " and the cruiser "Cincinnati." 



April 29th The Spanish fleet, commanded by 

 Admiral Cervera, consisting of the "Cristo- 

 bal Colon," the "Almirante Oquendo," the 

 Maria Teresa" and the "Viscaya," and 

 the torpedo boats "Furor," "Terror," and 

 " Pluton," left the Cape Verde Islands for 

 Cuba. 



-t Commodore Dewey, commanding the 

 United States Asiatic squadron, destroyed 

 the entire Spanish fleet in Manila Bay, 

 Philippines, without losing a man. 



May llth The "Wilmington," " Winslow," and 

 "Hudson" engaged the Spanish batteries 

 at Cardenas. Ensign Bagley and four of the 

 \\inslowV crew were killed. Major- 

 General Wesley Merritt was ordered to the 

 Philippines as military governor. 



May 12th A United States fleet, commanded 

 by Rear-Admiral Sampson, bombarded the 

 fortifications of San Juan, Porto Rico. 



May 19th Admiral Cervera's fleet reached San- 

 tiago de Cuba, and a few davs later was 

 "bottled up" there by the "flying squad- 

 ron " of Commodore Schley. 



May 25th President McKinley called for 75.000 



* more volunteers. Twenty-five hundred 



United States troops sailed from San Fran- 



o for Manila, several thousand more 



following at a later date. 



1st The "Massachusetts," <' Iowa, "and 

 "New Orleans" bombarded the fortifica- 

 tions at the mouth of Santiago Harbor. 

 v were bombarded again several times 

 after Admiral Sampson took command of 

 the fleet. 



1 Assistant Naval Constructor Hobson 

 with seven men ran the collier " Merrimac " 

 in the mouth of Santiago Harbor and x-mk 

 her in the channel under the fire from the 

 Spanish forts Hobson and his men were 

 taken prisoners. 



.June Kith Six hundred marines were landed at 

 < airnanera, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where 

 sharp skirmishing continued for several 

 days, several AmiTirans being killed. 



June 12th The ">th Army Corns, commanded 

 by General Shafter, sailed from Tampa />n 



ntv-nine transport- for Santiago. ; ,rn\ 

 inp off there on .June L'Uth. 



'.th President McKinlrv signed t 

 Revenue Bill, providing for tin- r.n 



nil*-* by a stamp tax and providing for 

 a popular bond loan which was immediately 

 subscribed. 



June 17th A Spanish fleet under Admiral 

 Camara left Cadiz for the Philippines, but 

 returned after passing through the B 

 Canal. 



June 22d General Shafter's troops began dis- 

 embarking at Daiquiri and Sihoney. near 

 Santiago. 



June 14th Roosevelt's Rough Riders were at- 

 tacked while advancing toward Santiago; 

 sixteen Americans were killed and forty 

 more wounded before the Spaniards were 

 repulsed. 



July Ist-^General Lawton took El Caney. near 

 Santiago, and General Kent, commanding 

 the 1st division of the 5th Army Corps, 

 which included the 2d, 6th, 9th. 10th, 13th, 

 16th, and 24th infantry, and the 71st New 

 York volunteers, took San Juan Hill after 

 heavy fighting. Official reports gave the 

 American losses 231 killed and 1,364 

 wounded and missing. 



July 3d Admiral Ceryera's squadron made a 

 dash out of Santiago Harbor, and every 

 vessel was sunk or disabled by the American 

 fleet. General Shafter demanded the sur- 

 render of Santiago. The seizure of Guama. 

 in the Ladrone Islands, by the "Charles- 

 ton " was reported at this time. 



July 7th President McKinley signed resolutions 

 passed by the Senate annexing the Hawaiian 

 Islands to the United States, and the " Phil- 

 adelphia " was ordered to Honolulu to raise 

 the American flag. 



July 17th General Toral, in command of the 

 Spanish troops at Santiago, General Linares 

 being wounded, surrendered his forces and 

 the east portion of the province of Santiago 

 de Cuba to General Shafter. 



July 21st General Leonard R. Wood, formerly 

 colonel of the 1st Volunteer cavalry, was 

 appointed military governor of Santiago. 



July 25th United States troops, under General 

 Nelson A. Miles, ianded at Guanicn. Porto 

 Rico, the town having surrendered to the 

 "Gloucester." 



July 26th Through the French ambassador, the 

 government of Spain asked President M. 

 Kinley on what terms he would consent to 

 peace. 



July 28th Ponce, the second largest city in Por- 

 to Rico, surrendered to ( Inn-nil Miles, and 

 he was received by the residents with joyful 

 acclamations. Capture of several other 

 towns, with little or no fighting, foil. 



July 30th President McKinley's statement of 

 * the terms on which he would airn-e to end 

 t he war was given to the French ambassador. 

 The President demanded the in. Impendence 

 of Cuba, cession of Porto Rico and on. of 

 the Lidnmes to the United States, and the 



retention of Manila b-. 



p.-ndini: tin- final disposition of the Philip 



pines |, v a joint commission. 

 July 31st United State* troop* engaged the 



Spaniards at Malate. near Manila, in the 



Philippine*, and repulsed them, with some 



loss on both side*. 

 August 9th The French ambassador presented 



to IVesidrru MeKinl.-y Spain's reply. 



accepting his terms of peace. 



