Question

Reword this into 3-4 sentences using 8th graders words

As part of its campaign to capture Spanish-held Santiago de Cuba on the southern coast of Cuba, the U.S. Army Fifth Corps engages Spanish forces at El Caney and San Juan Hill.
In May 1898, one month after the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, a Spanish fleet docked in the Santiago de Cuba harbor after racing across the Atlantic from Spain. A superior U.S. naval force arrived soon after and blockaded the harbor entrance. In June, the U.S. Army Fifth Corps landed on Cuba with the aim of marching to Santiago and launching a coordinated land and sea assault on the Spanish stronghold. Included among the U.S. ground troops were the Theodore Roosevelt-led “Rough Riders,” a collection of Western cowboys and Eastern blue bloods officially known as the First U.S. Voluntary Cavalry.

Answer 1

In May 1898 a Spanish fleet sailed into Santiago de Cuba, but a stronger U.S. fleet soon blocked the harbor. In June the U.S. Army Fifth Corps landed on the southern coast to march on Santiago and plan a combined attack by land and sea. On the way they fought the Spanish at El Caney and San Juan Hill, and among the American soldiers were the "Rough Riders," a volunteer cavalry led by Theodore Roosevelt made up of cowboys and rich Eastern men.