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ies and to cooperate with Admiral Cervera. This Spanish fleet for several weeks was variously reported as being at the Cape Verde Islands and at other points near the American seaboard, and at one time it started to go through the Suez Canal and to Manila Bay for the purpose of attacking Dewey's fleet. After the destruction of Cervera's fleet it was reported in the United States that Commodore Watson had received orders to proceed with all haste to the Spanish coast and to begin offensive operations there. This avowed purpose on the part of the United States government, taken in connection with the destruction of Cervera's fleet and the surrender of the Spanish army at Santiago, led the Spanish government to authorize the French ambassador in Washington to make overtures for peace. He was promoted rear-admiral, March 3, 1899; was commander-in-chief of the Asiatic Station from June 15, 1899, to April 19, 1900; and was appointed president of the naval examining board, Oct. 15, 1900.