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Page 167
... fleets off the seas , or would more than one share the fate of the Maine and go to the bottom as the result of a single ex- plosion ? As Mr. Long afterwards wrote : " The new navy of the United States was launched in the waters of ...
... fleets off the seas , or would more than one share the fate of the Maine and go to the bottom as the result of a single ex- plosion ? As Mr. Long afterwards wrote : " The new navy of the United States was launched in the waters of ...
Page 183
... fleet is disposed of , as , if it should succeed in crippling our own , our soldiers on the Island would be cut off from means of returning home . It is much easier to suggest how not to do it than how to do it . At any event the burden ...
... fleet is disposed of , as , if it should succeed in crippling our own , our soldiers on the Island would be cut off from means of returning home . It is much easier to suggest how not to do it than how to do it . At any event the burden ...
Page 187
... fleet and the practical surrender of the city . This victory inspires great enthusiasm . It is true it is achieved by a vastly superior force , but the Span- iards showed pluck and fight ; and as our fleet was obliged to take the ...
... fleet and the practical surrender of the city . This victory inspires great enthusiasm . It is true it is achieved by a vastly superior force , but the Span- iards showed pluck and fight ; and as our fleet was obliged to take the ...
Page 193
... fleet are off Martinique , where they have got coal from lighters , forwarded to them there by their government . One of our scouting boats , the Harvard , is blockaded by them in St. Pierre , Mar- tinique . Admiral Sampson has attacked ...
... fleet are off Martinique , where they have got coal from lighters , forwarded to them there by their government . One of our scouting boats , the Harvard , is blockaded by them in St. Pierre , Mar- tinique . Admiral Sampson has attacked ...
Page 197
... the immediate scene of events ; and yet on the other hand there was ab- solutely nothing he could tell me that we did not already know . I think we have the Spanish fleet cooped up , and that if we can destroy or SANTIAGO 197.
... the immediate scene of events ; and yet on the other hand there was ab- solutely nothing he could tell me that we did not already know . I think we have the Spanish fleet cooped up , and that if we can destroy or SANTIAGO 197.
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