Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain

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Prescott Holmes. Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain

Young Peoples' History of the War with Spain

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTORY

YOUNG PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE WAR WITH SPAIN

CHAPTER I

THE CAUSE OF THE WAR

CHAPTER II

THE "MAINE."

CHAPTER III

THE BLOCKADE

CHAPTER IV

THE BATTLE OF MANILA BAY

CHAPTER V

THE MERRIMAC

CHAPTER VI

MORE WORK DONE BY THE NAVY

CHAPTER VII

OUR ARMY GOES TO CUBA

CHAPTER VIII

THE BATTLE OF LAS GUASIMAS

CHAPTER IX

EL CANEY AND SAN JUAN

CHAPTER X

THE SPANISH FLEET LEAVES THE HARBOR

CHAPTER XI

CLOSING EVENTS

CHAPTER XII

THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

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Prescott Holmes

Published by Good Press, 2019

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After three volleys had been fired over the dead, and the bugles had rung out the soldiers' and sailors' last good night, Captain Sigsbee introduced Shea to President McKinley. Being asked for an explanation of his escape, he responded, as he had done to Father Chidwick when he visited him in the hospital in Havana, where he lay covered with wounds and bruises, and with nearly every bone in his body broken:

"I don't know how I got through. I was blown out. I guess I must have been an armor-piercing projectile!"

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