Box 24

Pamphlet entitled “Views of Admiral Cervera Regarding the Spanish Navy in the Late War”, published by ONI, Navy Department, GPO, Washington, D.C., 1898. Originally published in La Época, Madrid, Spain, November 5, 1898 under the title “Vindication of the Navy.” Consists of extracts of letters previous to the declaration of war through May 5, 1898. Cervera cautions against entry into the war against a superior naval power and comments on Spanish naval unpreparedness for war.