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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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CAPTAIN EVANS RECEIVING ADMIRAL CERVERA ON BOARD THE IOWA,AFTER THE SURRENDER, JULY 3, 1898.
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DIFFICULTIES AND PERILS OF THE HAVANA BLOCKADE. 49- against the escape of the caged squadron. As this was the blockading of ahostile squadron and not of a port particularly, for which, in fact, we hadno uses and which was of no military importance, it differed widely in itsmethods from what had gone before. The commander-in-chief immediatelyupon his arrival tested the strength of the batteries, with a view to sendingin close the battleships with their searchlights at night. The ships weredrawn round the narrow entrance with their heads toward it, ready toassault at once the enemy should he appear. At nightfall a battleship moved in to between one and two miles andfixed a searchlight up the, narrow canon which serves as a channel to thedeep inner bay, which is invisible from outside. On herport hand was another battleship ready to fire in case Watch Dogsanything appeared. The one showing the searchlight was MOtQ^^^° Srelieved every two and a-half hours, so that as there wereusually bu

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