Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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Page 7
... guns of the batteries at Sangley Point were silent and a white flag appeared on the sheers of the arsenal . " The Concord continued to shell the steamer , and in order to hasten operations , boats were hoisted out and provided with ...
... guns of the batteries at Sangley Point were silent and a white flag appeared on the sheers of the arsenal . " The Concord continued to shell the steamer , and in order to hasten operations , boats were hoisted out and provided with ...
Page 9
... guns were invulnerable to any effort at our command . The walls of the public square , the towers of the church , the upper stories of houses and every place that commanded a view of the bay was thronged by citizens whose duties as ...
... guns were invulnerable to any effort at our command . The walls of the public square , the towers of the church , the upper stories of houses and every place that commanded a view of the bay was thronged by citizens whose duties as ...
Page 13
... gun - captains were not at all dissatisfied with the results of their work . Whether they had a better knowledge of the accuracy of their aim than we had on the bridge , or whether they took it for granted that the enemy must have ...
... gun - captains were not at all dissatisfied with the results of their work . Whether they had a better knowledge of the accuracy of their aim than we had on the bridge , or whether they took it for granted that the enemy must have ...
Page 23
... gun - cotton primers and detonators were stowed in the cabin aft , and remote from the scene of the explosion . Waste was carefully looked after on the Maine to obviate danger . Special order in regard to this had been given by the ...
... gun - cotton primers and detonators were stowed in the cabin aft , and remote from the scene of the explosion . Waste was carefully looked after on the Maine to obviate danger . Special order in regard to this had been given by the ...
Page 59
... guns , no smokeless powder , no suitable clothing , no com- missary stores , no hospital equipment , and no ships . The organization of the supply and transport service took far more time than the organization of the troops , but while ...
... guns , no smokeless powder , no suitable clothing , no com- missary stores , no hospital equipment , and no ships . The organization of the supply and transport service took far more time than the organization of the troops , but while ...
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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