United States in War with Spain and the History of Cuba: A Thrilling Account of the Land and Naval Operations of American Soldiers and Sailors in Our War with Spain, and the Heroic Struggles of Cuban Patriots Against Spanish Tyranny. Including a Description and History of Cuba, Spain, Philippine Islands, Our Army and Navy, Fighting Strength, Coast Defences, and Our Relations with Other Nations, Etc., EtcInternational Publishing Company, 1898 - 566 páginas |
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... present volume is owed . The writer takes pleasure in acknowledging the courteous permission to use salient facts contained in some volumes of merit published prior to this time . But more than all the obligation is to the newspaper ...
... present volume is owed . The writer takes pleasure in acknowledging the courteous permission to use salient facts contained in some volumes of merit published prior to this time . But more than all the obligation is to the newspaper ...
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... present at every battle . They must be near enough to see , which means that they are in as much danger at times as are the ships of the fighting squadron , far more if one remembers that the former are in no way protected . Some of ...
... present at every battle . They must be near enough to see , which means that they are in as much danger at times as are the ships of the fighting squadron , far more if one remembers that the former are in no way protected . Some of ...
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... present dynasty upon the throne of Spain , that it was readily understood that any concession upon the part of the Queen Regent would arouse Spanish indignation beyond the limits of endurance . The Queen - mother had to think of her ...
... present dynasty upon the throne of Spain , that it was readily understood that any concession upon the part of the Queen Regent would arouse Spanish indignation beyond the limits of endurance . The Queen - mother had to think of her ...
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... present distinction had been in command .of the Nashville for four years . Blockade of Havana Begun . After the Nashville left the fleet to return to Key West with its prize , the remaining vessels of the squadron steamed onward toward ...
... present distinction had been in command .of the Nashville for four years . Blockade of Havana Begun . After the Nashville left the fleet to return to Key West with its prize , the remaining vessels of the squadron steamed onward toward ...
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... Against Spanish Tyranny. Including a Description and History of Cuba, Spain, Philippine Islands, Our Arm Trumbull White. FOTOGAFIA INGLESS MAIN BUSINESS STREET IN MANILA CON ENTO Clause 2 - From the publication of these presents thirty.
... Against Spanish Tyranny. Including a Description and History of Cuba, Spain, Philippine Islands, Our Arm Trumbull White. FOTOGAFIA INGLESS MAIN BUSINESS STREET IN MANILA CON ENTO Clause 2 - From the publication of these presents thirty.
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Términos y frases comunes
Admiral Admiral Cervera Admiral Dewey American arms army attack authorities batteries battle battleships began blockade boat bullets camp Captain captured Carlists cavalry citizens civil Clara Barton coast Colonel colony command Congress Consul contraband crew cruisers Cuban declared Dewey Don Carlos enemy expedition feet fight filibustering fire flag flagship fleet Gloucester Gomez gunboat guns harbor Havana hill infantry insurgents Key West killed land Lieutenant Maceo Madrid Maine Manila Matanzas ment miles military Minister morning Morro Castle nation naval navy never o'clock officers peace Philippines port President prisoners prize Protected Cruiser Puerto Principe Puerto Rico reconcentrados Red Cross regiment resolution rifles San Juan Santiago Santiago de Cuba sent Shafter shell ships shore shot soon Spain Spaniards Spanish government squadron steamed steamer Steel sugar tion torpedo town troops United vessels Virginius volunteers Weyler wounded yards yellow fever York
Pasajes populares
Página 300 - For the recognition of the independence of the people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters, and directing the President of the United States to use the land and naval forces of the United States to carry these resolutions into effect...
Página 93 - After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union ? Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in, wresting it from Spain if we possess the power...
Página 300 - ... 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 battle ship, with 266 of its officers and crew, while on a friendly visit in the harbor of Havana...
Página 32 - 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 waters.
Página 307 - The right to intervene may be justified by the very serious injury to the commerce, trade and business of our people, and by the wanton destruction of property and devastation of the island. " Fourth. Aid, which is of the utmost importance. The present condition of affairs in Cuba is a constant menace to our peace and entails upon this government an enormous expense.
Página 303 - We have found ourselves constrained, in the observance of that strict neutrality which our laws enjoin and which the law of nations commands, to police our own waters and watch our own seaports in prevention of any unlawful act in aid of the Cubans. Our trade has suffered...
Página 306 - There remain the alternative forms of intervention to end the war, either as an impartial neutral by imposing a rational compromise between the contestants, or as the active ally of the one party or the other. As to the first, it is not to be forgotten that during the last few months the relation of the United States has virtually been one of friendly intervention in many ways, each not of itself conclusive, but all tending to the exertion of a potential influence toward an ultimate pacific result,...
Página 32 - 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 307 - ... and the irritating questions and entanglements thus arising — all these and others that I need not mention, with the resulting strained relations, are a constant menace to our peace and compel us to keep on a semi-war footing with a nation with which we are at peace.
Página 93 - ... permit Cuba to be Africanized and become a second St. Domingo, with all its attendant horrors to the white race, and suffer the flames to extend to our own neighboring shores, seriously to endanger or actually to consume the fair fabric of our Union.