The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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Página 46
... half going to Spain . The Spaniards , however , made the maps , and putting Magellan's discovery twenty - five degrees east of its true position , brought it within the Spanish half , when it really belonged to the portion allotted to ...
... half going to Spain . The Spaniards , however , made the maps , and putting Magellan's discovery twenty - five degrees east of its true position , brought it within the Spanish half , when it really belonged to the portion allotted to ...
Página 68
... half past six o'clock that they got under way and steamed slowly off toward Havana . The blockade proclaimed by the President covered Havana and all ports east and west between Cardenas and Bahia Honda , as well as Cienfuegos on the ...
... half past six o'clock that they got under way and steamed slowly off toward Havana . The blockade proclaimed by the President covered Havana and all ports east and west between Cardenas and Bahia Honda , as well as Cienfuegos on the ...
Página 79
... half of the wharves where the enemy's gunboats were lying . Then the water became too shoal for the Wil- mington , and the Winslow was ordered ahead to at- tack . It was a most reckless piece of work to under- take , for the Winslow was ...
... half of the wharves where the enemy's gunboats were lying . Then the water became too shoal for the Wil- mington , and the Winslow was ordered ahead to at- tack . It was a most reckless piece of work to under- take , for the Winslow was ...
Página 78
... half of the wharves where the enemy's gunboats were lying . Then the water became too shoal for the Wil- mington , and the Winslow was ordered ahead to at- tack . It was a most reckless piece of work to under- take , for the Winslow was ...
... half of the wharves where the enemy's gunboats were lying . Then the water became too shoal for the Wil- mington , and the Winslow was ordered ahead to at- tack . It was a most reckless piece of work to under- take , for the Winslow was ...
Página 102
... half an hour , the shots falling short , and no damage whatever being done to the Spaniards . Then the ships drew off to their station , well out from the land , to con- tinue during the daytime this somewhat remote block- ade and to ...
... half an hour , the shots falling short , and no damage whatever being done to the Spaniards . Then the ships drew off to their station , well out from the land , to con- tinue during the daytime this somewhat remote block- ade and to ...
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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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The War of 1898: The United States and Cuba in History and Historiography Louis A. Pérez Sin vista previa disponible - 1998 |