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	Patricio Montojo y Pasarón - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón (September 7, 1839-September 30, 1917) was the Spanish naval commander at the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898), a decisive battle of the Spanish-American War.
		Born in El Ferrol, in the Spanish province of Corunna, Montojo studied at the Naval School in Cadiz, and was assigned as a Midshipman in 1855.
		At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Montojo was in command of the Spanish Squadron that was destroyed by the U.S. Asiatic Squadron in the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patricio_Montojo_y_Pasar%C3%B3n (370 words)

	Admiral Montojo
		Admiral Patricio Montojo, commander in chief of the Navy in the Philippines, was recalled to Madrid to explain Spanish defeat in Manila Bay.
		Montojo was handicapped from the start as can be seen from the torrent of urgent cables he sent to Madrid appealing for supplies and ammunition.
		Montojo, for example, was promised ''protected cruisers'' to supplement the floating antiques euphemistically called the Spanish Far Eastern Fleet under his command.
	www.spanamwar.com /montojophil.htm (757 words)

	Battle of Manila Bay - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The American Pacific Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo[?] and destroyed the Spanish squadron.
		Montojo, who had been dispatched rapidly to the Philippines, was equipped with a variety of obsolete vessels.
		Montojo compounded his difficulties by retreating from the range of Spanish fortress guns - guns that might have evened the odds - and chose to anchor in a relatively shallow anchorage.
	openproxy.ath.cx /ba/Battle_of_Manila_Bay.html (313 words)

	Battle of Santiago de Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Montojo's squadron had been composed largely of relics and cast-offs meant for patrol and revenue collection; Cervera's squadron was composed of modern warships, most of them less than a decade old.
		Montojo's squadron had virtually no torpedo launching capability; Cervera brought with him the destroyers Pluton and Furor, two of the most feared torpedo-armed warships in the world at the time.
		Montojo's squadron was almost entirely unarmored; nearly all of Cervera's vessels were protected by armor of some kind.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Battle-of-Santiago-de-Cuba.htm (2193 words)

	Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón
		Rear Admiral Montojo was the commander of the Spanish squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay/Cavite.
		Patricio Montojo y Pasarón was born in EL FERROL, in the Spanish province of Corunna, on September 7, 1839.
		Admiral Patricio Montojo, commander-in-chief of the Spanish Navy in the Philippines was summoned to Madrid in order to explain his defeat in Cavite before the Supreme Court-Martial.
	www.spanamwar.com /montojo.htm (549 words)

	Subic Bay History - Chapter 2. The Sun Sets on a Spanish Dream
		Coming ashore at Grande Island with Captain del Rio to inspect the defense works, Montojo was disappointed to find that four Krupp 15 centimeter (six-inch) guns that had been shipped earlier to Subic Bay from Sangley Point at Cavite were still not installed and that nothing had been done to fortify the island.
		ENEMY SQUADRON SAILED AT 2 P.M. Montojo immediately convened a war "junta" of his captains and, with the exception of Captain del Rio, all agreed that their position at Subic Bay was untenable.
		Montojo’s fleet was totally destroyed with a loss of 167 men killed, 214 wounded.
	www.preda.org /archives/history/sbhis02.htm (1378 words)

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		In a meeting called by the governor general of the Philippines on 15 March, Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasaron, in command of Spanish naval forces in the colony, expressed his opinion that his squadron would be destroyed by the onslaught of the ships of Dewey's squadron.
		Montojo rejected the idea of fighting under the guns of the city because civilian structures would likely be hit by American fire.
		Deeply pessimistic about his fleet's chances of survival, Montojo believed it best to give his men a better chance to escape from their vessels should they be sunk in the upcoming battle.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq84-1.htm (1648 words)

	George Dewey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He arrived at the mouth of the bay late the night of April 30, and the following morning he gave the order to attack at first light, by saying the now famous words "You may fire when ready, Gridley".
		Within 6 hours on May 1 he had sunk or captured the entire Spanish Pacific fleet under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón and silenced the shore batteries at Manila, without the loss of a single life on the American side.
		News of the victory in the Battle of Manila Bay made Dewey a great hero in the United States, and Dewey was promoted to Rear Admiral.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Dewey (499 words)

	The Fighting Doctor: Dudley Carpenter at the Battle of Manila Bay
		Patricio Montojo y Pasarón (1839-1917) served on various assignments in the
		Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón” , 16 December 2002.
		Admiral Montojo had stationed his fleet there for the confrontation with the Americans, but the artillery that was to fire on the Americans from
	webpages.charter.net /jasonevines/carpenter.htm (2328 words)

	Freefire Zone Forums - The Battle of Manila Bay
		Inside the harbor lay the warships of the Spanish Squadron, under Rear admiral Don Patricio Montojo y Pasaron.
		He now steamed directly toward Admiral Montojo's squadron, which was lying to the southwest of Manila off the city of Cavite.
		When Admiral Montojo realized that his ships were being peppered like stationary targets, and the fire of his gunners was pathetically ineffectual, he attempted to engage the enemy at close quarters.
	www.freefirezone.net /printthread.php?t=4297 (1259 words)

	Spanish American War Bibliography
		In a meeting called by the governor general of the Philippines on 15 March, Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasaron, in command of Spanish naval forces in the colony, concluded that his squadron would be destroyed by the onslaught of the American ships.
		Deeply pessimistic about his fleet's chances of survival, Montojo believed the position gave his men the best chance to escape from their vessels should they be sunk in the upcoming battle.
		Consul Williams accurately reported that Montojo intended to fight his squadron while under the guns in Subic Bay, and Dewey sent two of his cruisers ahead to reconnoiter.
	www.history.navy.mil /biblio/biblio7/biblio7a.htm (9266 words)

	Luzon, Philippines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The principal centers of Spanish defense during the war with at Manila, the capital, and at Cavite, both of which were located on Luzon, the largest and most important island in the Philippine archipelago.
		Admiral Patricio Montojo met the U.S. squadron led by Admiral George Dewey at Manila.
		Admiral Manuel de la Cámara sailed from Spain on June 16, 1898 with the Eastern Squadron to defend Luzon and its surroundings.
	www.loc.gov /rr/hispanic/1898/luzon.html (152 words)

	The Battle Of Manila Bay - Opening Volley of the Spanish American War
		Spanish Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasaron was no novice at sea, and among the more than 700 islands of the archipelago there were literally thousands of small coves that would hide his vessels.
		Within the previous 24 hours Admiral Montojo had sailed his warships out of Subic Bay after a 4-day stay, opting to enter the shelter of the larger Manila Bay.) As the sun began to set on the evening of April 30th, Admiral Dewey's full fleet of 7 warships and 2 transports had marshaled outside Subic.
		Admiral Montojo chose to anchor his ten warships and their transports just outside the city of Manila, knowing that before an enemy could attack him, they would first have to run the gauntlet of shore batteries at the harbor's entrance.
	www.homeofheroes.com /wallofhonor/spanish_am/03_manila.html (3893 words)

	Spanish-American War - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		On April 25 Congress declared that a state of war between the United States and Spain had existed since April 21st (Congress later passed a resolution backdating the declaration of war to April 20th).
		The first battle was in the Philippines where on May 1, Commodore George Dewey commanding the United States Pacific fleet, in six hours defeated the Spanish squadron, under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón, at the Battle of Manila Bay.
		Meanwhile Philippine nationalists led by Emilio Aguinaldo attacked the Spanish on land, and many of the Spanish troops surrendered.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Spanish-American_War (2146 words)

	Today, February 25, 1898,
		He was opposed by Patricio Montojo’s fleet of twelve vessels, of which seven were warships.
		Dewey’s flagship fired the first shot Montojo’s flagship fought gallantly, but the superior warships and expert gunnery of the Americans were too much for the Spaniards.
		Shortly before noon, the white flag was hoisted on the arsenal and port of Cavite.
	www.thefreeman.com /today_in_the_past/story-20040225-15456.html (256 words)

	Encyclopedia: Patricio Montojo y PasarÃ³n (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Updated 198 days 19 hours 16 minutes ago.
		Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón (1839-1917) was the Spanish naval commander at the Battle of Manila Bay (May 1, 1898), a decisive battle of the Spanish-American War.
		Admiral Montojo was later court-martialed and discharged from the Spanish Navy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Patricio-Montojo-y-Pasar%c3%b3n (429 words)

	Profiles of Key Persons in the Spanish American War
		After becoming a naval cadet in 1852 following study at the Naval School in Cadiz, Patricio Montojo accelerated through the ranks of the world's most powerful navy, to command the Spanish squadron at Manila Bay.
		In September 1898 Admiral Montojo was summoned to Madrid to account for his defeat, and by judicial decree of the Spanish Supreme Court-Martial, was subsequently imprisoned.
		Ironically, the one person who defended Admiral Montojo before the Spanish court martial was his former enemy and conqueror, Admiral George Dewey.
	homeofheroes.com /wallofhonor/spanish_am/18_people.html (6655 words)

	Military.com Content
		In the middle of the afternoon of April 30, the squadron reached Subic Bay, only to learn that the Spanish fleet was not there.
		Admiral Patricio Montojo Y Parsarón, commander of Spanish naval forces in the Philippines, had arrived at Subic Bay only to find that the defenses there had been neglected and had returned to Manila Bay on April 28.
		By 12:30 P.M. the Ulloa had been sunk, and Montojo surrendered.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=PRgridley2 (916 words)

	Dewey Captures Phillippines
		The Spanish had a force of 10 old ships, which were no match for the American ships.
		The Spanish commander Admiral Patricio Montojo decided to fight the battle anchored in Manila Bay hoping to gain some advantage from shore batteries.
		Dewey acted aggressively, entering Manila Bay at night, thus providing the Spanish very little time to prepare for battle.
	www.multied.com /WH1400-1900/Asia/DeweyCapturesPhillippines.html (248 words)

	PHNO: Headline News Philippines
		It signaled the end of the Spanish empire that began its long and steady decline with the destruction of its "invincible" armada in 1588 by the British fleet.
		During that battle, American Commodore George Dewey destroyed the enemy without losing a single ship or man. All of the seven warships of Spanish Admiral Patricio Montojo's sank, killing or wounding 381 Spanish officers and sailors.
		The story of the Battle of Manila Bay did not begin with the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898.
	www.newsflash.org /2000/05/hl/hl012192.htm (594 words)

	George Dewey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He was forced to leave Hong Kong on April 25, but not before the U.S.S. Baltimore had arrived from Honolulu with needed ammunition.
		Thus prepared for battle, Dewey launched his attack, through mined waters and firing shore batteries, on Admiral Patricio Montojo's slow, outmoded, under-supplied Spanish squadron at Cavite in Manila Bay.
		On May 1, he engaged the Spanish forces and demolished them, inflicting very heavy casualties.
	www.loc.gov /rr/hispanic/1898/dewey.html (289 words)

	This Majestic Lie by Stephen Crane
		Gorgeous challenges had been issued to the far-away ships by little children and women while the men laughed.
		Havana was happy, for it was known that the illustrious sailor Don Patricio de Montojo had with his fleet met the decaying ships of one Dewey and smitten them into stuffing for a baby's pillow.
		Martha replied blandly, "My late husband, El Capitan Señor Don Patricio de Castellon y Valladolid was a cavalier of Spain and if he was alive to-night he would now be cutting the ears from the heads of you and your miserable men who smell frightfully of cognac."
	www.geocities.com /stephen_crane_us/majesticlie.html (7205 words)

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