Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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Page vi
... Fight , 202 ; Heroism of the Wounded , 204 ; Return to Manila , 206 . LAWTON'S NORTHERN EXPEDITION .. Organization of the Command , 207 ; Purposes of the Expedition , 207 ; Novaliches Occupied , 208 ; The Column Reaches San Jose , 210 ...
... Fight , 202 ; Heroism of the Wounded , 204 ; Return to Manila , 206 . LAWTON'S NORTHERN EXPEDITION .. Organization of the Command , 207 ; Purposes of the Expedition , 207 ; Novaliches Occupied , 208 ; The Column Reaches San Jose , 210 ...
Page vii
... Fighting Continued , 237 ; Result of the Operations , 240 . 233 XIII . EXPEDITIONS TO THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS 241 ... Fights on the Rivers , 255 ; Captures by the Flotilla , 257 ; Later Events in the Islands , 257 ; Character of the ...
... Fighting Continued , 237 ; Result of the Operations , 240 . 233 XIII . EXPEDITIONS TO THE SOUTHERN ISLANDS 241 ... Fights on the Rivers , 255 ; Captures by the Flotilla , 257 ; Later Events in the Islands , 257 ; Character of the ...
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... fight as seen by a Spaniard . The translation is by the chief officer of the Olympia , G. P. Colvocoresses : THE NAVAL COMBAT AT CAVITE . As the sun rose above the mists and clouds that overhung our shores on the morning of May 1st ...
... fight as seen by a Spaniard . The translation is by the chief officer of the Olympia , G. P. Colvocoresses : THE NAVAL COMBAT AT CAVITE . As the sun rose above the mists and clouds that overhung our shores on the morning of May 1st ...
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... fight ; " and a Malay squatting near by exclaimed , " Let them land and we will crush them under heel . " Meanwhile the enemy proceeded with speed and safety in perfect formation toward Cavite with a decision born of security . At about ...
... fight ; " and a Malay squatting near by exclaimed , " Let them land and we will crush them under heel . " Meanwhile the enemy proceeded with speed and safety in perfect formation toward Cavite with a decision born of security . At about ...
Page 11
... fight , lasting two hours and a half , the attacking fleet retired from the battle into the center of Manila Bay , and did not renew the attack until nearly four hours later . When we hauled off from the fighting line , at 7:36 o'clock ...
... fight , lasting two hours and a half , the attacking fleet retired from the battle into the center of Manila Bay , and did not renew the attack until nearly four hours later . When we hauled off from the fighting line , at 7:36 o'clock ...
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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.