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at Havana

Tho United States fleet left Key West

to Intercept an destroy the Spanish ilcot

which had left Capo Vordo Islands this

wan tho only Information tho United States

navy department and Admiral Sampson

had on the subject Our worships proceeded

slowly eastward ami on May 8 wero off

Cape Hajticu Republic ot Haiti Attempts

wero inado thero to obtain Information re

garding the whereabouts ot tho Spaniard

out no dcllnlto knowledge wan obtained

lhirly in tho morning of May la Admiral

Sampsons ships npproachod 8m Juan tho

American consul at Cipa Iliytlen having

informed the admiral that ho had hoard

u report that thirteen Spanish warship

hud btcn seen heading for lorto lllco

Tho city of San Juan la situated In a

long narrow pocket A toiiRiio of high

laud scpatntca it from tho ocean Tho u

traucu of tho harbor is easily defended and

tho iimo can bo said ot thu headlands of

lofty Cabras Island which llta in the thtoit

of tho passage These headlands hnvii beon

fortltlixl by tho Spaniards but they did

not proio in any way dangerous to our

snips Tho town ot San Juan Is on tlio

ocean tide ot thu bay and In tho rear ot

tho town rlko high hllla To uaeh tho elty

fehlpa must pass Morro castlo and tho bat

tery of San Carlos situated on u proiuott

loiy at tho entrance of tho hubor Ho

sides thoy mubt pass tho Cinuclo battciy

on Cabraa Uland

Thu attack ou tho forta was planned so

that our warships could bo In a position to

meet tlio Spanish vessels should thoy

ciuergo from thu hsrboi Thu following U

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

The Houston daily post. (1898). Houston, Tex., 1898-05-19. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86071197/1898-05-19/ed-1/?sp=4

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The Houston daily post, 1898-05-19.