Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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Page 13
... fighting . I do not know , but , at any rate , they were eager to go on with the battle , and were confident of victory . I told one of them that we were merely hauling off for breakfast , which statement elicited the appeal to Captain ...
... fighting . I do not know , but , at any rate , they were eager to go on with the battle , and were confident of victory . I told one of them that we were merely hauling off for breakfast , which statement elicited the appeal to Captain ...
Page 15
... fight , he can have it right now ! " Brumby went with his message , and the Commodore paced the quarter - deck in silence for a considerable time , evidently working off some of the high pressure that had brought forth his emphatic ...
... fight , he can have it right now ! " Brumby went with his message , and the Commodore paced the quarter - deck in silence for a considerable time , evidently working off some of the high pressure that had brought forth his emphatic ...
Page 16
Karl Irving Faust, Peter MacQueen. Admiral stood during the great fight ; and one said that was a dent made in the ship by a cannon ball . The Lieutenant - Commander was busy writing a history of the battle . He told me that Dewey and he ...
Karl Irving Faust, Peter MacQueen. Admiral stood during the great fight ; and one said that was a dent made in the ship by a cannon ball . The Lieutenant - Commander was busy writing a history of the battle . He told me that Dewey and he ...
Page 36
... fight were executed on the Luneta . This was followed by the execution of others . The rebellion now spread like an infection , reaching into the provinces , the populace being quite universally allied with the rebellion . Everywhere ...
... fight were executed on the Luneta . This was followed by the execution of others . The rebellion now spread like an infection , reaching into the provinces , the populace being quite universally allied with the rebellion . Everywhere ...
Page 37
... fighting force at this time was about 35,000 men . General Camilo Polavieja succeeded General Blanco . His available force was increased to 28,000 men , and a vigorous campaign was at once inaugurated . General Lachambre was his deputy ...
... fighting force at this time was about 35,000 men . General Camilo Polavieja succeeded General Blanco . His available force was increased to 28,000 men , and a vigorous campaign was at once inaugurated . General Lachambre was his deputy ...
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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