 | Cuba - 1899 - 700 pages
...west, of the entrance. The Admiral also said : " If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close in and engage as soon as possible, and endeavor to sink...vessels or force them to run ashore in the channel." On June 7th, when the dark nights came on, the Admiral adopted the following plan for night blockade... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1899 - 894 pages
...lighter vessels well inshore. The first sqaadrou will blockade on the east side of the port, and tbe second squadron on the west side. If the enemy tries to escape the ships must close and engage as •oou as possible, and endeavor to sink his vessel» or force them to run ashore in the channel. It... | |
 | Frank Marion Bennett - Armored vessels - 1900 - 480 pages
...admiral issued an order of battle assigning positions for his ships and directing among other things, " If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close...vessels or force them to run ashore in the channel." This order remained standing and was the one under which the captains acted a month later when the... | |
 | Richard Handfield Titherington - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1900 - 448 pages
...that whenever the enemy appeared, " the ships must close and engage as soon as possible, and endeavour to sink his vessels or force them to run ashore in the channel." Even without this order, there was no doubt of what was to be done. The Spaniards' simple tactics rendered... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1900 - 466 pages
...and the destroyers should assail the nearest American vessel. Admiral Sampson's orders had been, " If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close and engage him as soon as possible and endeavor to sink his vessels or force them ashore." The American ships... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - Biography - 1900 - 466 pages
...and the destroyers should assail the nearest American vessel. Admiral Sampson's orders had been, " If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close and engage him as soon as possible and endeavor to sink his vessels or force them ashore." The American ships... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1901 - 524 pages
...escaping." which went up on the loica and Brooklyn. Admiral Sampson's order had long since been given: " If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close...to sink his vessels or force them to run ashore." Every ship was always stripped for action, each captain on the station knew this order, his crew needed... | |
 | Charles Spooner Forbes, Charles R. Cummings - Vermont - 1901 - 462 pages
...westward we went ahead at full speed with the determination of carrying out to the utmost your order: "If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close...and engage as soon as possible and endeavor to sink or force them to run ashore." We soon passed all of our ships except the "Brooklyn," bearing the broad... | |
 | John Davis Long - Battles - 1902 - 438 pages
...Following the blockade order from right nately, the Oregon, next to the Iowa, inspi: son's order, " If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close...to sink his vessels, or force them to run ashore," endeavored to carry it out, letter and spirit, to the utmost. As soon as the Teresa appeared, the Oregon... | |
 | Edgar Stanton Maclay - United States - 1902 - 664 pages
...weeks of watching, finally resulted in the destruction of the Spanish fleet, July 3d. The order was: "If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close...engage as soon as possible, and endeavor to sink his [Cervera's] vessels or force them to run ashore." That this order was carried out to the letter will... | |
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If the enemy tries to escape, the ships must close and engage as soon as possible and endeavor to sink his vessels or force them to run ashore. 
