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The conflict in the Pacific was one-sided. At the declaration of war, Commodore Dewey, commander of America's Asiatic Squadron based in Hong Kong was ordered to race his six ships to the Philippines. He arrived at Manila Bay on May 1 and found the obsolete Spanish fleet anchored in the bay. It was a one-sided battle.
The Spanish-American War and Its Consequences. Americans aboard the Olympia prepare to fire on Spanish ships during the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. The United States was simply unprepared for war. What Americans had in enthusiastic spirit, they lacked in military strength.