THE STORY OF THE PHILIPPINES1898 |
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... guns enough to have riddled the fleet of Ameri- can cruisers and why did they not have torpedoes ? They had the Mauser rifle , which has wonderful range , and ten millions of smokeless powder cartridges . Marks- men could sweep the ...
... guns enough to have riddled the fleet of Ameri- can cruisers and why did they not have torpedoes ? They had the Mauser rifle , which has wonderful range , and ten millions of smokeless powder cartridges . Marks- men could sweep the ...
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... gun at , my ships and I will destroy your city . " We can hardly realize in America how flagrant Europeanism has been in the Manila Bay ; how the big German guns bought by Spain looked from their embrasures ; how a powerful German fleet ...
... gun at , my ships and I will destroy your city . " We can hardly realize in America how flagrant Europeanism has been in the Manila Bay ; how the big German guns bought by Spain looked from their embrasures ; how a powerful German fleet ...
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... guns and the white cloud that gathered about his ship that has done enough for celebrity through centuries . Admiral Dewey created the situation in the Philippines that the President wisely chose by way of the Paris Conference to ...
... guns and the white cloud that gathered about his ship that has done enough for celebrity through centuries . Admiral Dewey created the situation in the Philippines that the President wisely chose by way of the Paris Conference to ...
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... guns . It was vital that the health of the crews of his ships should be maintained , and the fact that the men are and have been all sum- mer well and happy is not accidental . Admiral Dewey took the point of danger , if there was one ...
... guns . It was vital that the health of the crews of his ships should be maintained , and the fact that the men are and have been all sum- mer well and happy is not accidental . Admiral Dewey took the point of danger , if there was one ...
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... guns whether we go and leave them or we stay and they go . It is obvious that the insurgents have become to the Spaniards a source of anxiety attended with terrors . The fact that they allowed themselves to be besieged in Manila by an ...
... guns whether we go and leave them or we stay and they go . It is obvious that the insurgents have become to the Spaniards a source of anxiety attended with terrors . The fact that they allowed themselves to be besieged in Manila by an ...
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Admiral Dewey American arms army Article artillery attack August batteries battle boats brigade Captain Cook Cavite Cebu chief China city of Manila civil coal coast command court Cuba duty east EMILIO AGUINALDO enemy entered feet Filipinos fire flag fleet force Governor guns harbor Havana Hawaiian headquarters Hongkong honor houses Indies Infantry inhabitants insurgents islands Japan labor land Lieutenant Luzon Major-General Manila Bay Merritt miles military Mindanao Mindoro Morro mountains nations natives naval navy night officers Pacific Pacific Ocean Pasig River peace persons Philippine Expedition Philippine Islands Philippines population port Porto Rico position possession President priests prisoners Province regiments river road San Juan Santiago Schley Senor Aguinaldo Shafter ships shore soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish squadron square miles surrender tion town trenches troops tropical United vessels Visayas walled city Wesley Merritt wind yards
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Page 236 - Spain will cede to the United States the Island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and also an island in the Ladrones, to be selected by the United States.
Page 246 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Page 239 - ... glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will to men.
Page 158 - ... not to make war upon the inhabitants of Cuba, nor upon any party or faction among them, but to protect them in their homes, in their employments, and in their personal and religious rights.
Page 238 - VI. Upon the conclusion and signing of this protocol, hostilities between the two countries shall be suspended, and notice to that effect shall be given as soon as possible by each Government to the commanders of its military and naval forces. Done at Washington in duplicate in English and in French, by the Undersigned, who have hereunto set their hands and seals, the 12th day of August 1898.
Page 74 - XIX. In the order of its deliberations as well as in the internal government of the body the instructions which shall be formulated by the congress itself shall be observed.
Page 251 - O SING unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Page 281 - Island, on the east by the Pacific Ocean, and on the west by the Visayas Sea.
Page 204 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 330 - In the evening Mr Bligh returned, and reported, that he had found a bay in which was good anchorage, and fresh water in a situation tolerably easy to be come at.