COMMODORE DEWEY MONUMENT
ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL THIRTIETH 1898 COMMODORE DEWEY'S SQUADRON ENTERED MANILA BAY AND UNDAUNTED BY THE DANGER OF SUBMERGED EXPLOSIVES REACHED MANILA AT DAWN OF MAY FIRST 1898. ATTACKED AND DESTROYED THE SPANISH FLEET OF TEN WAR SHIPS. REDUCED THE FORTS AND HELD THE CITY IN SUBJECTION UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF TROOPS FROM AMERICA.
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Listing Details
- Public
- SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
- War Monuments
- 1901
- POST STREET AND POWELL STREET
- 94108
- KAREN KEY
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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