Spanish fleet defeated at Manila Bay in the Philippines

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On the 1st of May, 1898 the Spanish fleet was destroyed by the American Asiatic Squadron at the Battle of Manila, in Manila Bay, the Philippines. It was the first major battle of the Spanish-American War.

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