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Show "The Story of the Captains" in the May Century will mark the climax of that magazine's mag-azine's Spanish War series, giving, as it docs, an account by evory commanding officer but one of the part played by his ship in the famous light off Santiago, that resulted in tho annihilation of Cervera's fleet. Captain Evans describes the doings of the Iowa. Captain Taylorof the Indiana, Captain (now Rear-Admiral) Philip of the Texas, Captain Cook of the Brooklyn, Captain Cap-tain Chadwick of the Xew York, and Lieutenant-Commander Wainwright of the Gloucester, while Captain Clark of the Oregon endorses Lieutenant Lherle's story of the Oregon and contributes a criticism of the Spanish's admiral's strategy. The textof this novel group of first-hand accounts ac-counts of one of the most remarkable naval battles ever fought is profusely illustrated with portraits, drawings and photographs, the latter from snapshots made from each one of the ships during the progress of the fight. |