An army of regular troops and volunteers under Gen. Pascual Cervera was located in Santiago harbor in Cuba by U.S. The elusive Spanish Caribbean fleet under Adm. In total, fewer than 10 American seamen were lost, while Spanish losses were estimated at over 370. He destroyed the anchored Spanish fleet in two hours before pausing the Battle of Manila Bay to order his crew a second breakfast. naval squadron into Manila Bay in the Philippines. In the early morning hours of May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey led a U.S. The ensuing war was pathetically one-sided, since Spain had readied neither its army nor its navy for a distant war with the formidable power of the United States. declaration of war on the 25th, which was made retroactive to April 21. Spain declared war on the United States on April 24, followed by a U.S. Congress soon afterward issued resolutions that declared Cuba’s right to independence, demanded the withdrawal of Spain’s armed forces from the island, and authorized the use of force by President William McKinley to secure that withdrawal while renouncing any U.S. Spain announced an armistice on April 9 and speeded up its new program to grant Cuba limited powers of self-government.īut the U.S.
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