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Page 35
The night attack , on the 20th of August , in which the Spaniards were to have
been slaughtered , was frustrated through the confession of the wife of a member
of the Katipunan to a priest , and this led to the arrest and imprisonment at once
of ...
The night attack , on the 20th of August , in which the Spaniards were to have
been slaughtered , was frustrated through the confession of the wife of a member
of the Katipunan to a priest , and this led to the arrest and imprisonment at once
of ...
Page 36
On the 26th of August , 1896 , Caloocan was raided by the insurgents , some
Chinese killed and others captured . The Spanish cavalry started in pursuit , but
all had vanished . On the morning of August 30th the first battle of the insurrection
...
On the 26th of August , 1896 , Caloocan was raided by the insurgents , some
Chinese killed and others captured . The Spanish cavalry started in pursuit , but
all had vanished . On the morning of August 30th the first battle of the insurrection
...
Page 38
On August 6 , 1897 , General Rivera commissioned a Filipino to negotiate terms
of peace with the insurgents ; and an agreement or treaty , known as the “ Pacto
de Biac - na - bato , " was made , on the part of the Spanish government , by ...
On August 6 , 1897 , General Rivera commissioned a Filipino to negotiate terms
of peace with the insurgents ; and an agreement or treaty , known as the “ Pacto
de Biac - na - bato , " was made , on the part of the Spanish government , by ...
Page 40
In his official report to the Secretary of War , dated August 30 , 1898 , he says : “
Aguinaldo and his associates went to Hongkong and Singapore . A portion of the
money , $ 400 , 000 , was deposited in banks at Hongkong , and a lawsuit soon ...
In his official report to the Secretary of War , dated August 30 , 1898 , he says : “
Aguinaldo and his associates went to Hongkong and Singapore . A portion of the
money , $ 400 , 000 , was deposited in banks at Hongkong , and a lawsuit soon ...
Page 56
471 officers and 10 , 432 enlisted men actually reached Manila before the
capture of the city on August 13 , 1899 . At the end of this chapter will be found a
complete statement of the forces despatched to the Philippines up to June 30 ,
1899 ...
471 officers and 10 , 432 enlisted men actually reached Manila before the
capture of the city on August 13 , 1899 . At the end of this chapter will be found a
complete statement of the forces despatched to the Philippines up to June 30 ,
1899 ...
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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.
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| Title | Campaigning in the Philippines |
| Authors | Karl Irving Faust, Peter MacQueen |
| Publisher | Hicks-Judd Company, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0722278950, 9780722278956 |
| Length | 314 pages |
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