On 1 May 1898 the Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey attacked the Spanish Fleet at Manila Bay in the Philippines.
The Naval Battle at Manila Bay in the Philippines.
The first action was conducted by the US Navy's Asiatic Fleet at Manila Bay on 1 May 1898.
The USS ward was the ship that fired the first American shots during the attack on Peal Harbor
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 USS Arizona.
By surprising the Spanish with the attack on the Philippines first, thus scoring a quick and devastating victory and then switching their focus to the Caribbean theater.
The Rough Riders were commanded by Theodore Roosevelt.
The USS ward was the ship that fired the first American shots during the attack on Peal Harbor
The first was the attack in Manila Bay by Admiral George Dewey.
The Asiatic Squadron's attack on the Spanish Fleet at Manila Bay on 1 May 1898.
It was the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines.
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 USS Arizona.
At Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands.
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Theodore Roosevelt.
The first battle of the Spanish American War was at Manila Bay.
It was the Naval battle at Manila Bay.
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