 At 7 AM the Spanish flagship Reina Cristina made a desperate attempt to leave the line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with such a galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated upon her, that she was barely...  The Boys of '98 - Page 83by James Otis - 1898 - 386 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Louis Stanley Young, Henry Davenport Northrop - Biography & Autobiography - 1899 - 632 pages
...attempt to leave the line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with such galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated...barely able to return to the shelter of the point. Fires started in her by our shells at this time were not extinguished until she sank. " The three batteries... | |
 | Murat Halstead - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1898 - 832 pages
...attempt to leave the line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with such galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated...at this time were not extinguished until she sank. "At 7:35 am, it having been erroneously reported to me that only 15 rounds per gun remained for the... | |
 | Henry Francis Keenan - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1898 - 614 pages
...attempt to leave the line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with such a galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated...the point. The fires started in her by our shell at the time were not extinguished until she sank. The three batteries at Manila had kept up a continuous... | |
 | Jerome Bruce Crabtree - Cuba - 1898 - 482 pages
...attempt to leave the line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with such a galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated upon her, that she was barely able to return to shelter of the point. The fires started in her by our shell at the time were not extinguished until... | |
 | Jerome Bruce Crabtree - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1898 - 468 pages
...attempt to leave the line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with such a galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated upon her, that she was barely able to return to shelter of the point. The fires started in her by our shell at the time were not extinguished until... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1899 - 894 pages
...attempt to leave the line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with such galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated...at this time were not extinguished until she sank. At 7.35 am, it having been erroneously reported to me that only 15 rounds per gun remained for the... | |
 | John Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1899 - 360 pages
...attempt to leave the line and came out to engage at short range, but was received with such galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated...at this time were not extinguished until she sank. 9. At 7.35 AM , it having been erroneously reported to me that only fifteen rounds of ammunition per... | |
 | John Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1899 - 374 pages
...to engage at short range, but was received with such galling fire, the entire battery of the Otympia being concentrated upon her, that she was barely able...at this time were not extinguished until she sank. 9. At 7.35 AM , it having been erroneously reported to me that only fifteen rounds of ammunition per... | |
 | William Montgomery Clemens - Admirals - 1899 - 248 pages
...desperate attempt to leave the line and come to engage at short range, but was received with such a galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated...the point. The fires started in her by our shell at the time were not extinguished until she sank. The three batteries at Manila had kept up a continuous... | |
 | Marshall Everett - Advertising - 1899 - 590 pages
...attempt to leave the line and come out to engage at short range, but was received with such a galling fire, the entire battery of the Olympia being concentrated...the point. The fires started in her by our shell at the time were not extinguished until she sank. The three batteries at Manila had kept up a continuous... | |
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