SPANISH TRANSPORT SHIP CAPTURED.
THIRTEENHUNDEED SOLDIERS ON BOARD. Washington, June 2. It is reported at Key West that the cruising steamer St. Paul captured the Spanish transport ship Alfonso XIII. on Monday. She had 1300 Spanish soldiers on board. The capture was effected off Cape Maysi, at the south-east of Cuba. Seventeen shots were fired before the Alfonso yielded.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 10053, 3 June 1898, Page 5
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