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Title: Hero tales of the American soldier and sailor as told by the heroes themselves and their comrades; the unwritten history of American chivalry
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Buel, James W. (James William), 1849-1920
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Century manufacturing company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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rvera not being there,Sampson at once returned on his tracks, arriving at Key West to find theflying squadron, which went on* to Cienfuegos, reinforced by the Iowa.The commander-in-chief, with all the rest of his force, once again joinedthe Havana blockading force, but moved the greater part of it eastward tooppose Cerveras advance from that direction, the latter having already beenheard of as being finally in Santiago de Cuba. The flying squadron hadbeen ordered there from-Cienfuegos, but on hearing that the commodore incommand proposed returning to Key West for coal, the commander-in-chiefwas directed to go to Santiago, where he arrived June i with the NewYork, Oregon, Mayflower and the torpedo boat Porter. This sudden transferrence of interest from Havana to Santiagobrought an entirely new phase to the blockade. The heavy fighting ships,with few exceptions, and these chiefly the monitors, were before the latterport, and there then ensued a month of wearisome _ and toilsome watching
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