The War with Spain: A Complete History of the War of 1898 Between the United States and SpainJ.B. Lippincott Company, 1898 - 383 páginas |
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... remained alive after Spain had worked her will . The effort of Spain to subdue her insurgent colonists was marked by a savage cruelty unknown in any other wars of the century . The Spanish official records admit that eighty thousand ...
... remained alive after Spain had worked her will . The effort of Spain to subdue her insurgent colonists was marked by a savage cruelty unknown in any other wars of the century . The Spanish official records admit that eighty thousand ...
Página 34
... remained of a popular assembly , trial by jury , independent tribunals , the right to vote , or the right to bear arms ; in fact , no right of any kind was left ; the will or the whim of the captain - general was the absolute law . And ...
... remained of a popular assembly , trial by jury , independent tribunals , the right to vote , or the right to bear arms ; in fact , no right of any kind was left ; the will or the whim of the captain - general was the absolute law . And ...
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... remained uncleaned , garbage was not col- lected , a dozen important functions were left undone . No money could be diverted to pay teachers , and the schools were closed . Havana had the only asylum for the insane on the island , and ...
... remained uncleaned , garbage was not col- lected , a dozen important functions were left undone . No money could be diverted to pay teachers , and the schools were closed . Havana had the only asylum for the insane on the island , and ...
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... remained an irrespon- sible despot , and all these so - called reforms were manip- ulated in the interest of the Spanish party . Everything soon fell back into its old state . The debt continued to grow , taxation was as heavy as ever ...
... remained an irrespon- sible despot , and all these so - called reforms were manip- ulated in the interest of the Spanish party . Everything soon fell back into its old state . The debt continued to grow , taxation was as heavy as ever ...
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... remained to be warned off . In 1821 , a congress had been suggested for the purpose of form- ing a close union between the Spanish states of Central and South America . This , known as the Panama Con- gress , met in 1825. The freeing of ...
... remained to be warned off . In 1821 , a congress had been suggested for the purpose of form- ing a close union between the Spanish states of Central and South America . This , known as the Panama Con- gress , met in 1825. The freeing of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Admiral Cervera Admiral Sampson affairs American arms army artillery attack batteries battle battle-ships Bayamo blockade boats bombardment camp Captain captain-general cavalry Cavite Cervera's Cienfuegos coast Colonel colonies command Commodore condition cruiser Cuban despatch Dewey El Caney enemy fight fire flag flag-ship followed force forts Gomez gunboat guns harbor Havana Hobson hostile hundred insurgents insurrection island Key West killed land Lieutenant Maceo Manila ment Merrimac miles military Morro movement natives navy o'clock officers peace Philippine Pinar del Rio port Porto Rico President President McKinley prisoners province reached rebels reconcentrados result rifles road Rough Riders San Juan Santiago de Cuba Schley seemed sent Shafter shell ships shore shot Siboney side soon sought Spain Spaniards Spanish Spanish fleet Spanish soldiers squadron supplies surrender thousand tion took torpedo-boat town trocha United vessels Volunteers Weyler wounded yards yellow fever
Pasajes populares
Página 126 - Cuba. 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.
Página 128 - 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.
Página 128 - Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States, have been a disgrace to Christian civilization, culminating, as they have, in the destruction of a United States...
Página 128 - 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.
Página 301 - Your splendid command has endured not only the hardships and sacrifices incident to campaign and battle, but in stress of heat and weather has triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined. One and all have displayed the most conspicuous gallantry and earned the gratitude of the nation.
Página 126 - October 21, 1896, in the Province of Pinar del Rio was thence extended to embrace all of the island to which the power of the Spanish arms was able to reach by occupation or by military operations. The peasantry, including all dwelling in the open agricultural interior, were driven into the garrison towns or isolated places held by the troops.
Página 372 - 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.
Página 372 - Spain cedes to the United States the island of Porto Rico and other islands now under Spanish sovereignty in the West Indies, and the island of Guam in the Marianas or Ladrones.
Página 129 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
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