Coamo

Coamo, and Yauco and an attack on a force landed at Cape San Juan, there was no serious resistance.

State of the Union Address (1790-2001) United States. Presidents.

Coamo was captured on August 9, after a dashing fight, in which the 16th Pennsylvania volunteers won honors, holding the lead in

Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom Trumbull White 1904

We were now only a quarter of a mile distant from the built-up portion of Coamo, where the road turned sharply into the main street of the town.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

But that would have been too bitter a disappointment, and as the firing from the further side of Coamo still continued, we refused to believe it, and whipped the ponies into greater haste.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

The Second Wisconsin approached Coamo along the main road from Ponce, the Third Wisconsin through fields of grass to the right of the road, until the two regiments met at the ford by which the Banos road crosses the Coamo River.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

I know that in time the glorious deed of the seven heroes of Coamo, or eight, if you include "Jimmy," will be told in song and story.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

The volunteers, on finding the bridge destroyed, instead of marching upon Coamo had turned to the ford, the same ford which we had crossed half an hour before they reached it.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

General Ernst would be the first general officer to enter Coamo, and to receive its surrender.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

This is the inside story of the surrender, during the Spanish War, of the town of Coamo.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890

Mexican bit, until he had carried his rider first into the town of Coamo, he would not be halted.

Notes of a War Correspondent Richard Harding Davis 1890