Battle of Manila (1898) all practical purposes, the fall of Manila brought about the end of the Spanish–American War in the Philippines. Merritt and Dewey finally received word of the peace protocol on August 16. Captain Henry Glass of the armored cruiser had accepted the surrender of Guam on June 20, 1898, while "en route" to Manila, and Captain E.D. Taussig of the gunboat claimed Wake Island for the U.S. on January 17, 1899. The war with Spain came to an end, but in February 1899 the Philippine–American War broke out. Tensions between the Filipino forces under Aguinaldo and the American Expeditionary forces were
Raid on Santiago de Cuba (1603) Raid on Santiago de Cuba (1603) The Capture of Santigao De Cuba was a minor military event that took place towards the end of the Anglo–Spanish War in May 1603. Santiago de Cuba was attacked and sacked by English privateers led by Christopher Cleeve. In late February 1603 Christopher Cleeve, in the large armed merchant galleon "Elizabeth and Cleeve" along with a pinnace left England on a privateering expedition to raid the Spanish Main; funded largely by a number of London Merchants. Cleeve arrived in the Caribbean in April; Cleeve's main target was Santiago de Cuba which had escaped attacks