Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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... enemy was not fully known ; and the hot cannonade had expended a great quan- tity of our ammunition . The spirit of men and officers was most admirable . For two hours and a half they had served the guns with unflinching zeal and ...
... enemy was not fully known ; and the hot cannonade had expended a great quan- tity of our ammunition . The spirit of men and officers was most admirable . For two hours and a half they had served the guns with unflinching zeal and ...
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... enemy's squadron in well - ordered line of battle on the waters of the bay . Who could have imagined that they would have had the rashness to stealthily approach our shores , provoking our defenders to an unavailing display of skill and ...
... enemy's squadron in well - ordered line of battle on the waters of the bay . Who could have imagined that they would have had the rashness to stealthily approach our shores , provoking our defenders to an unavailing display of skill and ...
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... enemy's vessels , which in perfect line of battle advanced toward Cavite , parallel to the Manila shore , as if steaming out of the harbor . Shots from the batteries and plaza produced no impression on the cruisers . The spectators on ...
... enemy's vessels , which in perfect line of battle advanced toward Cavite , parallel to the Manila shore , as if steaming out of the harbor . Shots from the batteries and plaza produced no impression on the cruisers . The spectators on ...
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... enemy's squadrons and riddled the vessel with balls . The Spanish vessels that had not succumbed to the flames or the shots of the enemy were run aground , as they could not be disposed of in any other way . This was the last stroke ...
... enemy's squadrons and riddled the vessel with balls . The Spanish vessels that had not succumbed to the flames or the shots of the enemy were run aground , as they could not be disposed of in any other way . This was the last stroke ...
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... enemy for more than two hours without having noticeably diminished the volume of his fire . It is true , at least three of his ships had broken into flames , but so had one of ours - the Boston . These fires had all been put out without ...
... enemy for more than two hours without having noticeably diminished the volume of his fire . It is true , at least three of his ships had broken into flames , but so had one of ours - the Boston . These fires had all been put out without ...
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13th Minnesota 1st Lieut 20th Kansas 2d Oregon 3d Art 4th Cav Acting Assistant Surgeon Admiral Dewey advance Aguinaldo Aide-de-Camp American ammunition army arrived at Manila artillery attack Baliuag battalion Battery battle block-house boat Bocaue bridge Brigadier-General Caloocan Calumpit Capt captured carrying the following Cavite Cebu command companies detachment Division enemy enemy's entrenchments expedition fight Filipinos flank fleet following officers force front gunboat guns headquarters Hospital Corps infantry insurgents insurrectos killed La Loma church Laguna de Bay Lawton left San Francisco Luzon MacArthur Major-General Malate Malolos Manila Bay March Marilao ment Merritt miles military morning natives Nebraskas night Norzagaray occupied Otis outposts Pasig River position province Quingua railroad rebels Regiment road San Miguel scouts sent ships Signal Corps soldiers South Dakotas Spain Spaniards Spanish tion town trenches troops U. S. Inf United States Inf Utah Volunteer Inf Wheaton wounded yards
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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.