Campaigning in the PhilippinesHicks-Judd Company, 1899 - 314 pages |
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Page 34
... troops to the islands in sufficient numbers to capture and hold the city of Manila , and be pre- pared to enforce , as to the remainder of the territory , whatever decision might ultimately be reached . As a matter of fact the most ...
... troops to the islands in sufficient numbers to capture and hold the city of Manila , and be pre- pared to enforce , as to the remainder of the territory , whatever decision might ultimately be reached . As a matter of fact the most ...
Page 37
... troops , mostly equipped with Mauser rifles . They were well entrenched , but with no sufficient artillery . Their total fighting force at this time was about 35,000 men . General Camilo Polavieja succeeded General Blanco . His ...
... troops , mostly equipped with Mauser rifles . They were well entrenched , but with no sufficient artillery . Their total fighting force at this time was about 35,000 men . General Camilo Polavieja succeeded General Blanco . His ...
Page 55
... troops were very scarce at that time , and the volunteer regiments then forming were anxious to go . San Francisco was the natural point of departure from the United States to the Philippines , but at the outbreak of the war the entire ...
... troops were very scarce at that time , and the volunteer regiments then forming were anxious to go . San Francisco was the natural point of departure from the United States to the Philippines , but at the outbreak of the war the entire ...
Page 56
... troops now assembled and upon arrival of such troops as are to be assembled at this point for contemplated expedi- tionary purposes . " On May 21st , General T. N. Anderson , U. S. V. , was assigned to the command of the First ...
... troops now assembled and upon arrival of such troops as are to be assembled at this point for contemplated expedi- tionary purposes . " On May 21st , General T. N. Anderson , U. S. V. , was assigned to the command of the First ...
Page 59
... troops , but while waiting for these essentials of warfare to be provided there was time for drill . A newly organized regiment is but one remove from a mob , and to un- necessarily lead such a force against a disciplined enemy is to ...
... troops , but while waiting for these essentials of warfare to be provided there was time for drill . A newly organized regiment is but one remove from a mob , and to un- necessarily lead such a force against a disciplined enemy is to ...
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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