1. And in a celebrated Supreme Court case, Fisher won the rights to two Spanish fleets off Florida. 2. At least five Canadian patrol vessels were shadowing the Spanish fleet last night with orders to destroy the trawl gear of any boat that started fishing. 3. A superior Navy smashed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay and off Santiago, Cuba. 4. But T.R. was overshadowed by George Dewey, the admiral who destroyed the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. 5. Since then, however, the Spanish fleet has turned to easier pickings off the coasts of African countries powerless to defend their national waters. 6. The action represented a high seas victory for Canada, although possibly a short-lived one if the Spanish fleet once again seeks to return to the disputed zone. 7. The British smashed a Spanish fleet and a German air force that tried to make them part of Europe. 8. Tobin and Prime Minister Jean Chretien are under mounting public pressure to act decisively against the Spanish fleet. 9. Patrol boats have seized at least one trawler and cut the nets on another to intimidate the Spanish fishing fleet. 10. In Madrid, a government spokesman said Spain was sending a navy patrol ship to accompany the Spanish fleet in the Grand Banks waters off Newfoundland. |