Item 11562 - Col. Forney and Admiral Cervera, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898

Item 11562 - Col. Forney and Admiral Cervera, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898
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Item 11562
Col. Forney and Admiral Cervera, Kittery Navy Yard, 1898
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Col. Forney receives Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete, who commanded a Spanish squadron in Santiago Bay, Cuba in May 1898. He lost all his ships and was taken prison and transported to the Kittery Navy Yard with many other Spanish prisoners. He was released in September 1898 and returned to Spain.

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