The Spanish-American War : The Battle of Manila : The Fighting in Cavite Bay. 1898.

For Sale is a Double Page from "The Graphic June 18th, 1898," showing a Drawing by J. Nash from a Sketch by an Officer on Board the "Boston", showing "The Spanish-American War : The Battle of Manila : The Fighting in Cavite Bay."

The American Fleet met and engaged the Spanish outside Cavite Bay at 4.30 in the morning. After a short engagement the Spanish ran into Cavite Bay, where the Americans overtook them.  By 10 a.m. the whole Spanish Fleet was destroyed. The American Fleet consisted of the following :- Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh, Concord, Boston, Petrel, Hugh McCulloch, Nanshan, and Zaphire, while the Spanish Force consisted of two torpedo boats and four gunboats, and the cruisers Castilla, Don Juan de Austria, Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, Reina Cristina, Velasco, and the mail boat Mindanoa.


Condition is Very Good, with nothing printed on Reberse sidev