REPORTED CAPTURES.
The Americans have captured the Spanish barque Maria Dolores, off Puerto Bioo. It is reported at Key West that the cruising steamer St. Paul captured the Spanish transport ship Alfonso XIII. on Monday. The Alfonso had 1300 Spanish soldiers on board. The capture is said to have been effected off Cape Maysi, at the south* east of Cuba, and seventeen shots are reported to have been fired before the Alfonso yielded.
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Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1898, Page 2
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73REPORTED CAPTURES. Manawatu Herald, 4 June 1898, Page 2
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