The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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Página 31
... Spanish at- titude in regard to the Maine had one undoubted merit -it moved the unsettled question forward , and made a wrong answer more difficult than ever . CHAPTER II THE COMING OF WAR As the weary days THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
... Spanish at- titude in regard to the Maine had one undoubted merit -it moved the unsettled question forward , and made a wrong answer more difficult than ever . CHAPTER II THE COMING OF WAR As the weary days THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
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... moved to concur in the Senate resolu- tions , with an amendment striking out the words " are and " in the first resolution , and the entire clause em- bodying the recognition of the insurgent government . This motion prevailed by a ...
... moved to concur in the Senate resolu- tions , with an amendment striking out the words " are and " in the first resolution , and the entire clause em- bodying the recognition of the insurgent government . This motion prevailed by a ...
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... moved at all , and then with the sudden dawn of the tropics came day , and there ahead lay the Spanish fleet , close under the forts and batteries of Cavité . The moment had come . It came , fortunately , to a man who knew 54 THE WAR ...
... moved at all , and then with the sudden dawn of the tropics came day , and there ahead lay the Spanish fleet , close under the forts and batteries of Cavité . The moment had come . It came , fortunately , to a man who knew 54 THE WAR ...
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... moved silently and steadily down toward Cavité . Suddenly , just ahead of the flag - ship , there came a quivering shock , and a great column of water leaped into the air ; an- other quiver and another burst of mud and water fol- lowed ...
... moved silently and steadily down toward Cavité . Suddenly , just ahead of the flag - ship , there came a quivering shock , and a great column of water leaped into the air ; an- other quiver and another burst of mud and water fol- lowed ...
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... moved at all if they had been in a Spanish harbor , but , unluckily for them , the Cape Verde Islands were Portuguese , and al- though Portugal was entirely friendly to Spain , she was obliged to issue a proclamation of neu- trality on ...
... moved at all if they had been in a Spanish harbor , but , unluckily for them , the Cape Verde Islands were Portuguese , and al- though Portugal was entirely friendly to Spain , she was obliged to issue a proclamation of neu- trality on ...
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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...
Referencias a este libro
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 |