Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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Page 138
... crossing said stream , opened on them , as also did Dyer's guns on Battery Knoll . Ovenshine then advanced with Leaving part of his command his brigade to Pasai , which he found abandoned . there , he marched with the rest up the Pasai ...
... crossing said stream , opened on them , as also did Dyer's guns on Battery Knoll . Ovenshine then advanced with Leaving part of his command his brigade to Pasai , which he found abandoned . there , he marched with the rest up the Pasai ...
Page 149
... crossed the channels in canoes and by swimming , stormed the entrench- ments and captured or killed all the rebels there . The town of Pateros took fire and burned . March 15th one battalion of the 20th U. S. Inf . was ordered across ...
... crossed the channels in canoes and by swimming , stormed the entrench- ments and captured or killed all the rebels there . The town of Pateros took fire and burned . March 15th one battalion of the 20th U. S. Inf . was ordered across ...
Page 158
... crossed the field that morning , half an hour after the troops , he found that the Americans had thrown away their rations and blanket rolls , and that ambulance wagons were gathering up what could be found of the soldiers ' belongings ...
... crossed the field that morning , half an hour after the troops , he found that the Americans had thrown away their rations and blanket rolls , and that ambulance wagons were gathering up what could be found of the soldiers ' belongings ...
Page 161
... crossed the river and formed in strong trenches there . Again the victorious Americans pursued them , the South Dakotas wading waist- deep in the stream , and with wild cheers , charged up the opposite bank on the sullen foe . After one ...
... crossed the river and formed in strong trenches there . Again the victorious Americans pursued them , the South Dakotas wading waist- deep in the stream , and with wild cheers , charged up the opposite bank on the sullen foe . After one ...
Page 162
... crossed the river without serious opposi- tion , and the whole command arrived at the Bigaa River about noon , where the enemy had partially destroyed the railroad and the bridges . A fire had been set to the bridge , and 100 feet of ...
... crossed the river without serious opposi- tion , and the whole command arrived at the Bigaa River about noon , where the enemy had partially destroyed the railroad and the bridges . A fire had been set to the bridge , and 100 feet of ...
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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.