The Battle of Manila Bay lasted about six hours.
Philippines
It was the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines.
At Manila Bay in the Philippines.
At Manila Bay in the Philippines.
Manila Bay in the Philippines.
In the Philippines at the Battle of Manila Bay where Admiral George Dewey's Asiatic Fleet made the first strike and isolated the Spanish Army by destroying their Navy on 1 May 1898.
William Howard Taft was the first US Civil Governor of the Philippines, but he got that appointment AFTER the Spanish-American War. There was no American governor f the Philippines during the Spanish-American War because until the war was over the Philippines were a Spanish possession and had a Spanish governor.
The first battle of the Spanish American War was at Manila Bay.
The Battle of Manila Bay.
It was the Battle of Manila Bay.
That was the Battle of Manila Bay which took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish-American War. At Manila Bay in the Philippines, the U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the Spanish-American War. Nearly 400 Spanish sailors were killed and 10 Spanish warships wrecked or captured at the cost of only six Americans wounded.
On April 25, 1898, the united states declared war on Spain and the secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt, ordered Dewey attack the Spanish fleet in the Philippines. The battle of Manila Bay was the first hostile engagement in the Spanish-American war.