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233 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 ...
233 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 ...
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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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| Title | Campaigning in the Philippines |
| Authors | Karl Irving Faust, Peter MacQueen |
| Publisher | Hicks-Judd Company, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 9 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 5870708737, 9785870708737 |
| Length | 314 pages |
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