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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1st Lieut 1st Lieutenant 20th Kansas 2d Lieutenant 2d Oregon 4th Cav Acting Assistant Surgeon advance Aguinaldo American April army arrived at Manila artillery attack August Baliuag Battalion Battery battle block-house Bocaue bridge Brigade Brigadier-General Caloocan Calumpit camp Camp Merritt Capt captured Cavite Cebu Chas Clerk command Company G Dewey duty enemy enemy's enlisted entrenchments expedition February fight Filipinos fleet force front Guiguinto guns headquarters Hospital Corps infantry insurgents insurrectos islands July June killed La Loma church Laguna de Bay Lawton left San Francisco Luzon MacArthur Malate Malolos Manila Bay March Marilao Merritt miles military Minn Minneapolis mustered natives Nebraskas night Norzagaray occupied Otis Pasig Pasig River Paul Philippines railroad regiment river road San Miguel scouts Sergt soldiers South Dakotas Spain Spaniards Spanish Student town trenches troops U. S. Inf United States Inf Volunteer Inf Wheaton wounded yards