Our Navy in the War with SpainC. Scribner's sons, 1898 - 406 страници |
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... gunner was fairly well trained - was kept going steadily . " " Emphasis should be given to any statement regarding the work of Admiral Sicard before war began . We know now what " the man behind the gun was able to do when the test came ...
... gunner was fairly well trained - was kept going steadily . " " Emphasis should be given to any statement regarding the work of Admiral Sicard before war began . We know now what " the man behind the gun was able to do when the test came ...
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... Gunner Patrick Mallia to fire a blank shot from the after gun ( a four- inch rifle ) on the port side of the ship . The puffing smoke , the splash of the wad a hun- dred yards away , and the roar of the discharge mystified the ...
... Gunner Patrick Mallia to fire a blank shot from the after gun ( a four- inch rifle ) on the port side of the ship . The puffing smoke , the splash of the wad a hun- dred yards away , and the roar of the discharge mystified the ...
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... gunner was so eager for the work that he caressed his weapon like a sweetheart as he leaned from the port to look ahead . After all , it was no enemy , but a very good friend instead - the British cruiser Talbot , that displaces 5,600 ...
... gunner was so eager for the work that he caressed his weapon like a sweetheart as he leaned from the port to look ahead . After all , it was no enemy , but a very good friend instead - the British cruiser Talbot , that displaces 5,600 ...
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... Gunner Joel C. Evans , of the Boston wrote ( see Century for August , 1898 ) : " When we were leaving port for Manila the captain of the Immortalité ( British ) shouted to Captain Wildes You will surely win . I have seen too much of ...
... Gunner Joel C. Evans , of the Boston wrote ( see Century for August , 1898 ) : " When we were leaving port for Manila the captain of the Immortalité ( British ) shouted to Captain Wildes You will surely win . I have seen too much of ...
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... gunners in the Cavite forts began to fire their big guns . The Spanish ships soon joined in , but Dewey held on his way into that hail of steel without reply , while his crews at their guns , " with set teeth and the smile that one sees ...
... gunners in the Cavite forts began to fire their big guns . The Spanish ships soon joined in , but Dewey held on his way into that hail of steel without reply , while his crews at their guns , " with set teeth and the smile that one sees ...
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Admiral Cervera afloat American Amphitrite armed armor ARMORED CRUISER ashore auxiliaries barbette battle beach began blockade boats broadside Brooklyn calibre Captain Cavite Cervera Cienfuegos coal coast Colon command Commodore crew Cuba Cuban deck destroyers Dewey displacement draft eight-inch guns enemy engineers Ensign exploded fact fight fire First-class Battle-ship five-inch flag flag-ship force forts four gun-boat gunners Havana Hemment inch Indiana Iowa island Key West killed knots land Lieutenant Main Battery Manila Manila Bay Marblehead Maria Teresa Merrimac miles morning Morro naval officers navy Nicholas Channel night o'clock Olympia Oquendo Oregon port projectiles PROTECTED CRUISER range rapid-fire guns rifles San Juan Santiago harbor Schley sent shell shore shot side signal six-inch guns six-pounders smoke Spain Spaniards Spanish ships Spanish squadron speed steam Texas thirteen-inch tons torpedo torpedo-boat turned turrets twelve-inch vessels Virginius Vizcaya war-ships Winslow Wompatuck wounded Yankee Yankee squadron yards York