A History of the Spanish-American War of 1898D. Appleton, 1900 - 415 pages |
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... four ships and three hundred men , to conquer Cuba . With this force - of which Hernando Cortez , the future con- queror of Mexico , was an undistinguished member -Velasquez established the armed posts of Bara- .coa ( 1511 ) , Santiago ...
... four ships and three hundred men , to conquer Cuba . With this force - of which Hernando Cortez , the future con- queror of Mexico , was an undistinguished member -Velasquez established the armed posts of Bara- .coa ( 1511 ) , Santiago ...
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... four thou- sand miles ' distance defied the conqueror of Europe by affirming their loyalty to the deposed sovereign . Their action won for Cuba the title of the Ever Faithful Isle - a name of grim irony , in the light of later events ...
... four thou- sand miles ' distance defied the conqueror of Europe by affirming their loyalty to the deposed sovereign . Their action won for Cuba the title of the Ever Faithful Isle - a name of grim irony , in the light of later events ...
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... four centuries of checkered history - history full of revolts and massacres , of crimes and horrors , of battles fought for the spoils of war . The white conquerors exterminated the native tribes , to replace them with negro slaves ...
... four centuries of checkered history - history full of revolts and massacres , of crimes and horrors , of battles fought for the spoils of war . The white conquerors exterminated the native tribes , to replace them with negro slaves ...
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... four hundred and fifty men and procured a steamer , the Pampero . His second officer , Gen- eral Pragay , was an exiled Hungarian rebel . There were a few more Hungarians and Germans among his men ; forty - nine were Cubans , the rest ...
... four hundred and fifty men and procured a steamer , the Pampero . His second officer , Gen- eral Pragay , was an exiled Hungarian rebel . There were a few more Hungarians and Germans among his men ; forty - nine were Cubans , the rest ...
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... four of them - three Cubans and one American — were summarily shot by order of the Spanish com- mander , General Juan Burriel . Three days later , thirty - seven prisoners , one of whom was the ship's commander , Captain Joseph Fry , a ...
... four of them - three Cubans and one American — were summarily shot by order of the Spanish com- mander , General Juan Burriel . Three days later , thirty - seven prisoners , one of whom was the ship's commander , Captain Joseph Fry , a ...
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A History of the Spanish-American War of 1898 Richard Handfield Titherington No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 83 - Cuba. In the name of humanity, in the name of civilization, in behalf of endangered American interests which give us the right and the duty to speak and to act, the war in Cuba must stop.
Page 82 - ... the lives and liberty of our citizens are in constant danger and their property destroyed and themselves ruined — where our Trading vessels are liable to seizure and are seized at our very door by warships of a foreign nation ; the expeditions of filibustering that we are powerless to prevent altogether, and the irritating questions and entanglements thus arising...
Page 83 - Congress. It is a solemn responsibility. I have exhausted every effort to relieve the intolerable condition of affairs which is at our doors. Prepared to execute every obligation imposed upon me by the Constitution and the law, I await your action.
Page 17 - ... we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as a manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.
Page 87 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Page 87 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Page 89 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 86 - Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Page 387 - Upon the conclusion and signing of this protocol, hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended, and notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each Government to the commanders of its military and naval forces.