The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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... that if Spain did not stop the war , the intervention of other powers might be- come necessary . The hint was not without effect , and , coupled with Spain's increasing exhaustion , hastened the end . II THE UNSETTLED QUESTION.
... that if Spain did not stop the war , the intervention of other powers might be- come necessary . The hint was not without effect , and , coupled with Spain's increasing exhaustion , hastened the end . II THE UNSETTLED QUESTION.
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... effect as the proverbial King of France who marched up the hill . The insurgents continued their operations without serious check ; they broke through the trochas , swarmed into Pinar del Rio , wandered at will about the country , and ...
... effect as the proverbial King of France who marched up the hill . The insurgents continued their operations without serious check ; they broke through the trochas , swarmed into Pinar del Rio , wandered at will about the country , and ...
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... the United States . The effect of this rev- elation was just beginning to make itself felt when the American people were stunned by an event which THE MAINE OFF MORRO CASTLE drove everything else from their 28 THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
... the United States . The effect of this rev- elation was just beginning to make itself felt when the American people were stunned by an event which THE MAINE OFF MORRO CASTLE drove everything else from their 28 THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
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... effect . VIEWS OF THE MINORITY . The undersigned members of said committee cordially concur in the report made upon the Cuban resolutions , but favor the im- mediate recognition of the Republic of Cuba , as organized in the island , as ...
... effect . VIEWS OF THE MINORITY . The undersigned members of said committee cordially concur in the report made upon the Cuban resolutions , but favor the im- mediate recognition of the Republic of Cuba , as organized in the island , as ...
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... effect- ive and essential portion of the measure , which meant war , and could mean nothing else . The discussion lasted until Saturday evening , and then the Senate , with only one absentee , voted in the presence of crowded galleries ...
... effect- ive and essential portion of the measure , which meant war , and could mean nothing else . The discussion lasted until Saturday evening , and then the Senate , with only one absentee , voted in the presence of crowded galleries ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action Admiral Cervera Admiral Dewey Admiral Sampson advance American fleet American ships April April 25 army artillery Asiatic squadron attack batteries battle battle-ship block-house blockade boat bombardment brigade Brooklyn Caney Captain cavalry Cavité Cervera channel Cienfuegos coal Coamo coast command Congress Cuba Cuban declared despatch destroyed El Caney enemy expedition fight flag flag-ship force French Gloucester Guanica gunboat guns harbor Havana hostile iards infantry insurgents intrenchments Iowa island Key West killed Lieutenant Manila ment Merrimac miles military morning movement navy night o'clock officers Olympia once opened Oregon peace Philippines port President Protected Cruiser protocol Puerto Rico regiments regulars resolution road San Juan Santiago Schley Senate sent Shafter shells shore shots soldiers Spain Span Spaniards Spanish Spanish fire Spanish fleet Spanish ships speed squadron steamed surrender tion torpedo-boat torpedoes town treaty troops United vessels victory Washington WILLIAM MCKINLEY wounded
Pasajes populares
Página 35 - WHEREAS, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of 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 battleship, with two hundred and sixty-six of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Página 234 - 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 35 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. 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...
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Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq Stephen Kinzer Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
The War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography Louis A. Pérez Sin vista previa disponible - 1998 |