The War with SpainHarper & Brothers, 1899 - 276 páginas |
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Página 53
... speed of the fleet . Speed , however , played no part in the action , and need not , therefore , be considered . From this summary it will be observed that although the American ships were all modern , and armed , as a rule , with the ...
... speed of the fleet . Speed , however , played no part in the action , and need not , therefore , be considered . From this summary it will be observed that although the American ships were all modern , and armed , as a rule , with the ...
Página 52
... speed of the fleet . Speed , however , played no part in the action , and need not , therefore , be considered . From this summary it will be observed that although the American ships were all modern , and armed , as a rule , with the ...
... speed of the fleet . Speed , however , played no part in the action , and need not , therefore , be considered . From this summary it will be observed that although the American ships were all modern , and armed , as a rule , with the ...
Página 65
... speed and engines did not count , and they were armed with modern guns , which was by far the most important qualification . The Spaniards had 52 classified big guns * and 72 rapid - fire and machine guns ; the Americans 57 classified ...
... speed and engines did not count , and they were armed with modern guns , which was by far the most important qualification . The Spaniards had 52 classified big guns * and 72 rapid - fire and machine guns ; the Americans 57 classified ...
Página 73
... speed of over twenty knots , and of three large torpedo- boat destroyers , the Furor , Pluton , and Terror , just out of English yards , the last expression of Scotch and English building , and with a contract speed of thirty knots ...
... speed of over twenty knots , and of three large torpedo- boat destroyers , the Furor , Pluton , and Terror , just out of English yards , the last expression of Scotch and English building , and with a contract speed of thirty knots ...
Página 74
... toward Cuba . On the speed to be fairly esti- mated for such a fleet the time of their arrival at Puerto Rico could easily be determined . So it came about , on this theory of the conditions , that soon after noon 74 THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
... toward Cuba . On the speed to be fairly esti- mated for such a fleet the time of their arrival at Puerto Rico could easily be determined . So it came about , on this theory of the conditions , that soon after noon 74 THE WAR WITH SPAIN.
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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 |