Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 13R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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Page 108
... on the runway along which the ammunition was to be brought in time of siege , without danger from hostile fleets . There were deep dungeons and grated cells in which prisoners had lingered for years . 108 CUBA LIBRE .
... on the runway along which the ammunition was to be brought in time of siege , without danger from hostile fleets . There were deep dungeons and grated cells in which prisoners had lingered for years . 108 CUBA LIBRE .
Page 126
... fleet ? -a position to which every young middy began to aspire so soon as he received his commission from the Naval Academy . Midshipman Stevens was perhaps more dreamy , more romantic , and more retired than others , he 126 CUBA LIBRE .
... fleet ? -a position to which every young middy began to aspire so soon as he received his commission from the Naval Academy . Midshipman Stevens was perhaps more dreamy , more romantic , and more retired than others , he 126 CUBA LIBRE .
Page 200
... fleet , rendez- voused at Dry Tortugas , while Commodore Schley with the Flying Squadron was at Hampton Roads , and Commodore Dewey with the Asiatic squadron was at Hongkong . The famous battle - ship Oregon , perhaps the best in the ...
... fleet , rendez- voused at Dry Tortugas , while Commodore Schley with the Flying Squadron was at Hampton Roads , and Commodore Dewey with the Asiatic squadron was at Hongkong . The famous battle - ship Oregon , perhaps the best in the ...
Page 204
... fleet consisted of the following vessels : the bat- tle - ships Iowa and Indiana ; the armored cruiser New York ; the monitors Puritan , Terror , and Amphi- trite ; the gunboats Nashville , Castine , Machias , Wilmington , and Helena ...
... fleet consisted of the following vessels : the bat- tle - ships Iowa and Indiana ; the armored cruiser New York ; the monitors Puritan , Terror , and Amphi- trite ; the gunboats Nashville , Castine , Machias , Wilmington , and Helena ...
Page 206
... fleet strained their eyes to watch the chase . The decks and rigging were alive with observers . A gun was fired from the port battery of the Nashville , and the shot struck the water a few. A GUN WAS FIRED FROM THE " NASHVILLE . " " Now ...
... fleet strained their eyes to watch the chase . The decks and rigging were alive with observers . A gun was fired from the port battery of the Nashville , and the shot struck the water a few. A GUN WAS FIRED FROM THE " NASHVILLE . " " Now ...
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