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June 13. American troops sailed from Tampa and Key West for Santiago. The Spaniards again attacked the American marines at Guantanamo Bay, and were repulsed after seven hours’ hard fighting. President McKinley signed the war revenue bill. Secretary Gage issued a circular inviting subscriptions to the popular loan. The dynamite cruiser Vesuvius joined Admiral Sampson’s fleet.
After them came the cruiser Brooklyn and the battle-ships Texas, Iowa, Oregon, and Indiana, hurling shells from their great guns in their wake. The New York, Admiral Sampson’s flag-ship, was distant several miles up the coast, too far away to take part in the fight. Such a hail of shot, sent with such accurate aim, could not long be endured.
Even though a repetition, it should be set down that the North Atlantic fleet, Rear-Admiral W. T. Sampson commanding, with Commodores J. C. Watson and W. S. Schley of the first and second squadrons respectively, which blockaded the port of Santiago, consisted of the battle-ships Massachusetts, Iowa, Texas, Indiana, Oregon; armoured cruisers New York, Admiral Sampson’s flag-ship, Brooklyn, Commodore Schley’s flag-ship; protected cruisers New Orleans, Newark, Commodore Watson’s flag-ship; converted yachts Vixen, Gloucester.
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