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The Click of the Guns , 233 ; The Signal Corps at Work , 234 ; The Work of the
Expedition , 235 ; Paranaque Occupied , 236 ; The Fighting Continued , 237 ;
Result of the Operations , 240 . XIII . EXPEDITIONS TO THE SOUTHERN
ISLANDS .
The Click of the Guns , 233 ; The Signal Corps at Work , 234 ; The Work of the
Expedition , 235 ; Paranaque Occupied , 236 ; The Fighting Continued , 237 ;
Result of the Operations , 240 . XIII . EXPEDITIONS TO THE SOUTHERN
ISLANDS .
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We had been fired upon by a battery of four seven - inch guns on El Fraile . The
squadron continued up the bay , the stillness occasionally broken by the cry of
the lookouts announcing a light upon the distant shore . “ At the first break of
dawn ...
We had been fired upon by a battery of four seven - inch guns on El Fraile . The
squadron continued up the bay , the stillness occasionally broken by the cry of
the lookouts announcing a light upon the distant shore . “ At the first break of
dawn ...
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Our squadron defiled before the Spanish line , pouring in its shower of death with
terrible effect from the port battery ; and turning , it continued the same steady
shower with the starboard guns . Seven separate times our ships performed this ...
Our squadron defiled before the Spanish line , pouring in its shower of death with
terrible effect from the port battery ; and turning , it continued the same steady
shower with the starboard guns . Seven separate times our ships performed this ...
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The Concord continued to shell the steamer , and in order to hasten operations ,
boats were hoisted out and provided with combustibles for the purpose of
burning ; but before she had got any distance it was seen that our shells had set
her on ...
The Concord continued to shell the steamer , and in order to hasten operations ,
boats were hoisted out and provided with combustibles for the purpose of
burning ; but before she had got any distance it was seen that our shells had set
her on ...
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The spectators on the shore , with and without glasses continued to scan the
advancing enemy ; they may have been brave , but had no occasion to prove it
since the range of their guns and the deficiencies of our artillery enabled them to
do ...
The spectators on the shore , with and without glasses continued to scan the
advancing enemy ; they may have been brave , but had no occasion to prove it
since the range of their guns and the deficiencies of our artillery enabled them to
do ...
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Page 30 - 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 29 - 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 30 - 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 waters.
Page 104 - The port of Manila, and all other ports and places in the Philippines which may be in the actual possession of our land and naval forces, will be open while our military occupation may continue to the commerce of all neutral nations, as well as our own, in articles not contraband of war, and upon payment of the prescribed rates of duty which may be in force at the time of the importation.
Page 116 - The United States will, for the term of ten years from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty, admit Spanish ships and merchandise to the ports of the Philippine Islands on the same terms as ships and merchandise of the United States.
Page 31 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Page 85 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.
Page 31 - Now, therefore, I, WILLIAM McKiNLEY, President of the United States, by virtue of the power vested in me by the Constitution and the laws...
Page 101 - All persons included in the capitulation remain at liberty, the officers remaining in their respective homes, which shall be respected as long as they observe the regulations prescribed for their government and the laws in force.
Page 24 - This second explosion was, in the opinion of the court, caused by the partial explosion of two or more of the forward magazines of the Maine.