Identifier: chicagorecordswa00chic (find matches)
Title: The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated
Year: 1898 (1890s)
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Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Chicago : Reprinted from the Chicago Record
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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om-manding the saucy Gloucester, did not forgetthat night in the harbor of Havana, whilekeeping company with the Merrimac, madefamous by Hobson, is the Reine Mercedes,sunk in the S shaped channel of Santiagobeyond the old Morro. Two bells had gone when the New York,flagship of Admiral Sampson, signaled payno attention to the movements of the com-mander-in-chief, and accompanied by thetorpedo boat Ericcson steamed eastwardtoward Siboney, leaving the fleet in commandof Commodore Schley. The Records dis-patch boat Hercules started after, but be-cause of some happy intuition it was decidedto stay with the blockading squadron, and sochanging course steamed toward the harborin time to meet the Spaniards coming out,witness the opening of the engagement byShips and land batteries and follow the fightto the finishing point on the firing line, orrather between the opposing forces. It was just 9:35 oclock in the morningwhen the Infanta Marie Theresa cleared the THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES 97
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ADMIRAL W. T. SAMPSON, COMMANDING THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON. harbor, fired her forward battery and startedto the west. Our ships were bunched somedistance to the west of the harbor entranceand the Sunday inspections were in progressas the land batteries opened. Almost in-stantly came the signal from the Brooklyn,Clear ship for action, and the buglers sangthe thrilling call which sends brave men toquarters where is gained ever-living fame orheroic death, and the fight was on. Into the open sea, their big guns playingunder the turtle-backed turrets, rushed theMarie Theresa, Colon, Vizcaya and Oquendo.Coming to meet them, slowly at first, butwith bones in their teeth, and they gained speed and fairly leaped to accept the chal-lenge, were the Brooklyn, Oregon. Iowa.Texas and Indiana. The converted yachtVixen was ready for any emergency, and theGloucester cleared for the fight which willgive her and her commander worthy mentionin American history when the story of thedays doings shall ha

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