Magazine and Newspaper Articles
I find the official report a bit much for us civilians to understand, so here are some newspaper articles and an article from The Marines Magazine from the time:
Washington Times, July 15, 1916
from NARA file, article source and date not noted
Charleston News & Courier, Sunday, July 16, 1916, page 1 & 2
This was a front page headline, and very long article. (This will take a while to type up, so keep checking back.)
The Marines Magazine, September 1916 First hand account.
(note: there are some inconsistances in the details, but I have not corrected them -- I have copied the articles here exactly as written. Where the text is illegible, the ??? are mine.)
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