Rear-Admirals Schley, Sampson and Cervera: A Review of the Naval Campaign of 1898 |
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Admiral Sampson Admiral Schley appeared arrived batteries blockade board the Brooklyn board the flagship Brooklyn Captain Chadwick Captain Cook Captain Evans Captain McCalla Captain Sigsbee capture Cervera Cervera's fleet CHAPTER chief of staff Cienfuegos coal collier commander-in-chief commanding officer Commodore Schley communicate Court of Inquiry cruiser Cubans despatch Dewey distance doubt duty enemy enemy's entrance fact fight fire flag flagship New York Flying Squadron Fort Fisher guns harbor hard-a-port Havana helm Hodgson Iowa judge advocate July Key West letter log-book mand Marblehead ment Merrimac miles modore morning Morro naval Navy Department never Nicholas Mole night North Atlantic Station opinion Oregon port position possible Rear Admiral sailed Samp Santiago de Cuba Schley's Secretary Senate sent shore signal Spaniards Spanish Spanish fleet Spanish ships Spanish squadron starboard statement testified Texas tion torpedo boat turned vessels Viscaya Vixen W. S. SCHLEY westward WINFIELD SCOTT SCHLEY
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Page 170 - If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close and engage as soon as possible, and endeavor to sink his vessels or force them to run ashore in the channel.
Page 96 - Resolved, That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is, hereby directed to furnish the Senate with the...
Page 264 - ... car had the right of way, and it was the duty of the driver of the...
Page 285 - Commodore Schley was the senior officer of our squadron off Santiago when the Spanish Squadron attempted to escape on the morning of July 3, 1898. He was in absolute command, and is entitled to the credit due to such commanding officer for the glorious victory which resulted in the total destruction of the Spanish ships.
Page 88 - The report of the Spanish fleet being at Santiago de Cuba might very well be correct, so the Department strongly advises that you send word immediately by the Iowa to Schley to proceed at once off Santiago de Cuba with his whole command, leaving one small vessel off Cienfuegos, Cuba, and meanwhile the Department will send the Minneapolis, now at St.
Page 172 - If 10,000 men were here, city and fleet would be ours within forty-eight hours. Every consideration demands immediate army movement. If delayed, city will be defended more strongly by guns taken from the fleet.
Page 27 - During the whole pursuit, it had been Nelson's practice, whenever circumstances would permit, to have his captains on board the Vanguard, and explain to them his own ideas of the different and...
Page 286 - She was not at any time within the range of the heavy Spanish ships, and her only part in the firing was to receive the undivided fire from the forts in passing the harbor entrance and to fire a few shots at one of the destroyers, thought at the moment to be attempting to escape from the Gloucester.
Page 264 - If two ships under steam are crossing, so as to involve risk of collision, the ship which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 328 - It seriously marred the Brooklyn's otherwise excellent record, being in fact the one grave mistake made by any American ship that day. Had the Brooklyn turned to the westward, that is, in the same direction that the Spanish ships were going, instead of in the contrary direction, she would undoubtedly have been in more "dangerous proximity