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... fleet in Cuban waters , rendered most valuable services . To his measures it was due that General Correa's order ( Spanish Minister of War ) to reinforce CUBA AGAINST SPAIN . 1895-1898 . 59.
... fleet in Cuban waters , rendered most valuable services . To his measures it was due that General Correa's order ( Spanish Minister of War ) to reinforce CUBA AGAINST SPAIN . 1895-1898 . 59.
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... Spanish commander for his ability to avoid engagements with the Manzanillo ... Spanish were menaced by the navy from Punta Cabrera to Punta Berracos ... fleet that constantly swept the coast with its guns . The assistance of the ...
... Spanish commander for his ability to avoid engagements with the Manzanillo ... Spanish were menaced by the navy from Punta Cabrera to Punta Berracos ... fleet that constantly swept the coast with its guns . The assistance of the ...
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... fleet some Marines and disem- barked them near Matadero . A considerable force could be seen moving to and fro at the Cobre entrance and about the Plaza de Toros , expecting no doubt an attack at those points . General Garcia never left ...
... fleet some Marines and disem- barked them near Matadero . A considerable force could be seen moving to and fro at the Cobre entrance and about the Plaza de Toros , expecting no doubt an attack at those points . General Garcia never left ...
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... Spanish fleet stupidly steamed out of the harbor to their inevitable doom , leaving the city without the protection of those floating , impregnable fortresses whose mighty guns were sufficient to clear the hills of an enemy far inferior ...
... Spanish fleet stupidly steamed out of the harbor to their inevitable doom , leaving the city without the protection of those floating , impregnable fortresses whose mighty guns were sufficient to clear the hills of an enemy far inferior ...
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... fleet , also the news of the entrance and occupation of El Cobre , Bartolon , Monte Real , Coleto , Mazamorra and San Miguel , and the news that General Shafter had prolonged for twenty - four hours the truce which had been granted to ...
... fleet , also the news of the entrance and occupation of El Cobre , Bartolon , Monte Real , Coleto , Mazamorra and San Miguel , and the news that General Shafter had prolonged for twenty - four hours the truce which had been granted to ...
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Page 316 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 575 - Privateering is and remains abolished; 2. The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4.
Page 223 - 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.
Page 291 - In view of these facts and of these considerations, I ask the Congress to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba...
Page 303 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 473 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay, and harbor of Manila pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition, and government of the Philippines.
Page 321 - ... prepare them for local self-government, and in due time to make such disposition of said islands as will best promote the interests of the citizens of the United States and the inhabitants of said islands.
Page 370 - President is hereby authorized, in his discretion and with such limitations and exceptions as shall seem to him expedient, to prohibit the export of coal or other material used in war from any seaport of the United States until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress (30 Stat.
Page 575 - States ship, shall be permitted to continue their voyage, if, on examination of their papers, it shall appear that their cargoes were taken on board before the expiration of the above term ; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to Spanish vessels having on board any officer in the military or naval service of the enemy, or any coal (except such as may be necessary for their voyage), or any other article prohibited or contraband of war, or any despatch of or to the Spanish Government.
Page 291 - Cuba must stop. to authorize and empower the President to take measures to secure a full and final termination of hostilities between the Government of Spain and the people of Cuba, and to secure in the island the establishment of a stable government, capable of maintaining order and observing its international obligations, insuring peace and...