May 4. The vessels of Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet sailed from Key West. May 6. The French steamer La Fayette was captured as a blockade runner. May 7. Commodore Dewey was promoted to be rear admiral and given the thanks of congress. May 11. Naval encounter at Cardenas resulting in the death of Ensign Bagley. May 12. First fight on Cuban soil in attempting to land supplies. Part of the fleet under Admiral Sampson bombarded the batteries defending San Juan, Porto Rico. May 13. The "Flying Squadron" under Commodore Schley sailed from Hampton Roads. May 15. The entire Spanish cabinet resigned. May 16. General Merritt was assigned to the new department of the Pacific, including the Philippines. May 18. The cruiser Charleston, Captain Glass, sailed from San Francisco for the Philippines. May 19. Cervera's fleet arrived in the bay of Santiago de Cuba. May 21. The monitor Monterey was ordered to Manila. May 23. The First California regiment embarked on the City of Peking for Manila. May 25. The President called for 75,000 additional volunteers. May 26. The Oregon arrived at Key West. May 30. Commodore Schley sent a dispatch that he had seen Cervera's fleet in the bay of Santiago de Cuba. JUNE. June 1. Admiral Sampson joined Commodore Schley and took command of the united American fleets, composed of sixteen warships, off Santiago de Cuba. June 3. The Merrimac was sunk in the mouth of the Santiago harbor and Hobson was taken prisoner with the seven brave men who volunteered to accompany him. June 6. Ten ships bombarded the batteries at Santiago de Cuba. June 7. The French cable was cut in Guantanamo Bay. June 10. Six hundred United States marines were landed at Caimanera, near Guantanamo, and located at Camp McCalla. June 11 and 12. Fighting took place at Camp McCalla. June 13. Camara's fleet sailed from Spain. A portion of the first military expedition left Tampa, Florida, for Santiago de Cuba. June 14. Spanish troops were pursued by scouting parties of ma rines and Cubans on Guantanamo Bay; 200 Spaniards killed and wounded. June 15. at Caimanera. The Texas, Marblehead and Suwanee bombarded the forts June 16. Forts at Santiago were again bombarded by Sampson's fleet. June 18. June 20. Admiral Camara's fleet arrived at Cartagena. United States troopships arrived at Santiago de Cuba. June 21 and 22. The American army under General Shafter landed at Daiquiri and Siboney from the troopships. June 22. The auxiliary cruiser St. Paul destroyed the Spanish torpedo boat Terror. June 23. The monitor Monadnock sailed for Manila. June 24. General Young and the Rough Riders attack the Spaniards at La Guasimas, near Sevilla. Hamilton Fish, Jr., and Captain A. K. Capron were killed. June 25. The Americans under General Chaffee occupied Sevilla June 26. The advance American forces reached San Juan, four miles distant from Santiago. June 27. The third Manila expedition, commanded by General Arthur MacArthur, sailed from San Francisco. June 28. President McKinley issued proclamation extending the blockade further of Cuban ports. June 29. Major-General Merritt sailed for the Philippines from San Francisco. General Snyder's division of troops sailed for Santiago. de Cuba, from Tampa. June 30. The cruiser Charleston, with three transports, arrived in Manila bay. JULY. July 1 and 2. General Lawton, General Kent, General Chaffee, General Young, Colonel Roosevelt, with Grimes, Capron and other brave officers and men, take the heights of El Caney and San Juan, overlooking Santiago de Cuba. The American losses in the two days' engagement were: Officers killed, 23; men, 208. Officers wounded, 80; men, 1,203. Missing, 81 men. July 3. Destruction of Cervera's fleet. July 4. Truce established between the contending forces. July 5. General Toral refused to surrender the city. The truce was extended. July 6. Lieutenant Hobson and his men exchanged. July 8. The Concord and the Raleigh, of Admiral's Dewey's squadron, took possession of Isla Grande in Subig bay, on the island of Luzon. July 9. General Miles sailed from Charleston on the Yale for Santiago de Cuba. General Toral offered to surrender if his troops were permitted to march out with their arms. The proposal was not accepted. July 11. General Miles arrived at Santiago de Cuba, and conferred with General Shafter. Firing was resumed against the Spanish defenses. July 14. General Toral agreed to surrender. July 15. The fourth Manila expedition sailed from San Francisco, under General Otis, with 1,700 troops. July 16. Admiral Cervera and the officers captured from his fleet arrived at Annapolis as prisoners of war. July 17. The city of Santiago de Cuba formally surrendered to General Shafter. July 18. President McKinley issued his proclamation regarding the government of Santiago de Cuba. July 25. General Miles landed in Porto Rico, near Ponce. July 26. Spain proposed peace through the French ambassador, M. Jules Cambon. July 27. Rico. July 28. The American forces advanced against Yauco, in Porto General Brooke sailed with his command from Newport News for Porto Rico. July 29. to Manila. The American forces moved towards Malate on the road July 30. The President transmitted to Spain a statement regarding the basis of peace. July 31. Battle of Malate between the Americans and Spanish near Cavite and Manila. AUGUST. Aug. I. The American troops in Porto Rico moved toward San Juan, General Miles having joined Generals Brooke and Schwan. Aug. 5. The town of Guayama, in Porto Rico, was captured after a slight engagement by the Fourth Ohio and the Third Illinois Regi ments. Aug. 7. Admiral Dewey and General Merritt demanded the surrender of Manila. The demand was refused. Aug. 8. A skirmish took place near Guayama, Porto Rico. Five soldiers of the Fourth Ohio were wounded. Aug. 9. The town of Coamo, Porto Rico, was captured. Spain's reply to the peace proposition was presented to the President. |