The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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... morning of January 24 , 1898. We were at peace with Spain , and we had an entire right to send a ship to any Cuban port . If it had been done , as it ought to have been done , at the beginning of the Cuban troubles , it would have ...
... morning of January 24 , 1898. We were at peace with Spain , and we had an entire right to send a ship to any Cuban port . If it had been done , as it ought to have been done , at the beginning of the Cuban troubles , it would have ...
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... morning of the 21st , to the Spanish minister , Senor Polo y Bernabé , who thereupon asked for his passports and left the country . Before this , the resolutions had been cabled to our minister at Madrid , but the despatch was there ...
... morning of the 21st , to the Spanish minister , Senor Polo y Bernabé , who thereupon asked for his passports and left the country . Before this , the resolutions had been cabled to our minister at Madrid , but the despatch was there ...
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... morning of April 30 the fleet was off Bolinao bay , and looked in carefully . Nothing there . Then came Subig bay . More care here , for the last report from Manila - a report that had flown on the cables all over the world -was that ...
... morning of April 30 the fleet was off Bolinao bay , and looked in carefully . Nothing there . Then came Subig bay . More care here , for the last report from Manila - a report that had flown on the cables all over the world -was that ...
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... morning , with two ships of the line and two frigates , and there was only one English ship , the Zeal- ous , not enough for the purpose , in condition to follow them . Dewey absolutely destroyed every Spanish ship , including 5 65 MANILA.
... morning , with two ships of the line and two frigates , and there was only one English ship , the Zeal- ous , not enough for the purpose , in condition to follow them . Dewey absolutely destroyed every Spanish ship , including 5 65 MANILA.
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... morning at 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 ...
... morning at 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 ...
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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 |