Third Battle of San Juan (1898)

Third Battle of San Juan
	Part of the Spanish–American War
	; The burned out hulk of the blockade runner SS Antonio Lopez
Date	28 June 1898
Location	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Result	Inconclusive Successful Spanish ressuply mission; Blockade runner sunk;
Belligerents
Spain	United States
Commanders and leaders
unknown	William H. Emory Jr.
Strength
1 unprotected cruiser; 2 gunboats; 1 blockade runner; 1 castle; 1 fort	1 auxiliary cruiser
Casualties and losses
1 blockade runner; 5 wounded	None

The Third Battle of San Juan began on 28 June 1898 when an American auxiliary cruiser intercepted a Spanish blockade runner. A Spanish squadron attempted to rescue the blockade runner and succeeded in taking off supplies and her crew but failed to save the ship, which the American warship engaged and forced to run aground.^[2]

^ Barnes, Mark R. "The Puerto-Rican Naval Campaign, 1898". Retrieved 2009-07-30.
^ Dyal, Donald (1996). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish–American War. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 358. ISBN 0-313-28852-6.

[Barnes-1] Barnes, Mark R. "The Puerto-Rican Naval Campaign, 1898". Retrieved 2009-07-30.

[Dyal-2] Dyal, Donald (1996). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish–American War. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 358. ISBN 0-313-28852-6.

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