Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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Page 18
... Daiquiri , Cuba . On the morning of the 22d the navy , with steam and naphtha launches towing large strings of boats , commenced landing our troops . General Shafter put Lawton's division and Bates ' brigade before us . We felt this ...
... Daiquiri , Cuba . On the morning of the 22d the navy , with steam and naphtha launches towing large strings of boats , commenced landing our troops . General Shafter put Lawton's division and Bates ' brigade before us . We felt this ...
Page 19
... Daiquiri . On the 22d General Lawton was ordered with his division , about five thousand strong , to march upon and capture the enemy at Siboney , so that the remainder of the troops and supplies could be landed at that place . Lawton ...
... Daiquiri . On the 22d General Lawton was ordered with his division , about five thousand strong , to march upon and capture the enemy at Siboney , so that the remainder of the troops and supplies could be landed at that place . Lawton ...
Page 232
... Daiquiri . There are mines of iron ore all around it , and a railway runs to Santiago . The place had strategic advantages . But the landing itself was a scramble - each commander taking care of himself and his men . There was still a ...
... Daiquiri . There are mines of iron ore all around it , and a railway runs to Santiago . The place had strategic advantages . But the landing itself was a scramble - each commander taking care of himself and his men . There was still a ...
Page 259
... Daiquiri , for the Government had made small provision for bringing it to the front . So Colonel Roosevelt rigged up a pack - train after the first day's fighting , when the conditions war- ranted taking a few men from the lines . And ...
... Daiquiri , for the Government had made small provision for bringing it to the front . So Colonel Roosevelt rigged up a pack - train after the first day's fighting , when the conditions war- ranted taking a few men from the lines . And ...
Page 264
... occupation of the island for Colonel Roosevelt to get to the front supplies of clothing or medi- cine for his men . On the coast at Daiquiri still stood heaps of barrels and bales and boxes of provisions 264 THEODORE ROOSEVELT .
... occupation of the island for Colonel Roosevelt to get to the front supplies of clothing or medi- cine for his men . On the coast at Daiquiri still stood heaps of barrels and bales and boxes of provisions 264 THEODORE ROOSEVELT .
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