[pg iii] THE BOYS OF ’98

BY
JAMES OTIS
AUTHOR OF
“TOBY TYLER,” “JENNY WREN’S BOARDING HOUSE,”
“THE BOYS OF FORT SCHUYLER,” ETC.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	The Battle-ship Maine	[1]
II.	The Preliminaries	[19]
III.	A Declaration of War	[38]
IV.	The Battle of Manila Bay	[64]
V.	News of the Day	[92]
VI.	Cardenas and San Juan	[117]
VII.	From All Quarters	[130]
VIII.	Hobson and the Merrimac	[149]
IX.	By Wire	[171]
X.	Santiago de Cuba	[194]
XI.	El Caney and San Juan Heights	[224]
XII.	The Spanish Fleet	[254]
XIII.	The Surrender of Santiago	[290]
XIV.	Minor Events	[302]
XV.	The Porto Rican Campaign	[320]
XVI.	The Fall of Manila	[335]
XVII.	Peace	[345]
	Appendix A—The Philippine Islands	[355]
	Appendix B—War-ships and Signals	[370]
	Appendix C—Santiago de Cuba	[379]
	Appendix D—Porto Rico	[383]
	Appendix E—The Bay of Guantanamo	[386]