3-086-445 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Spanish-American War: with the Cavalry on picket duty at Tampa, 1898. 'Sketch by our Special Artist, Mr. H. C. Seppings Wright. This study shows the stirrups, bridle, and trappings of the horses. The gun and sword are carried from the saddle-bow. The landing of United States troops for land warfare in Cuba has been actually commenced...at the entrance to Santiago Harbour..., Admiral Sampson's main squadron...bombarded the forts and batteries from Friday to Sunday; and different vessels landed at several points of the coast large numbers of rifles, stores of ammunition and provisions, field-guns and shells, to aid the Cuban insurgents, collected by General Gomez, five thousand strong, for an attack on the town of Santiago. The expected arrival of the regular military force embarked at Tampa, in Florida, on Saturday night, and next day at Key West, consisting of infantry, cavalry, field artillery, and siege artillery, under command of General Miles, would be followed by an advance to Caimanera...It may be a protracted siege.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.