America's war for humanity, related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty... (1898) (14764528595)

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Title: America's war for humanity, related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty...

Year: 1898 (1890s)

Authors: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900

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Publisher: New York, Thompson

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rial Tuesday morning, a Catholic priest being called upon to read theburial service over the remains. The bodies presented a horrible sight. Onehad the head almost wholly carried away. Another had been struck in thestomach by a large projectile, cutting everything away to the backbone.One very large man, apparently a naval officer, was not only mangled, butburned, and all the bodies were frightfully bloated. To add to the horror ofthe scene, several lean, wolf-like dogs had discovered the bodies and stillfurther mutilated them. The Spanish defeat was advertised for miles away by the ships burningin Cavite Bay, and as soon as the natives ashore learned that the Spaniardshad been driven out they began coming in crowds to pillage. Finally, theybecame so bold as to attack the hospital, and it was necessary either to senda guard of American seamen to protect the wounded or to transfer them toManila. The latter was done on Wednesday, Commodore Dewey utilizingcaptured steamers for this duty.

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204 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. All the houses of the Spaniards in the town of San Roquek, near Cavite,were absolutely gutted by the natives, who even ventured into the arsenaland carried off many boat-loads of furniture and stores before the marineguard was posted at the gates. The Castilla., which was set on fire in Sunday mornings battle, wasa magnificent mass of flames twelve hours later, and continued to burn allnight with brilliant intensity. An American officer writes: I boarded theDon Juan de Austria., Isla de Luzon and Marques del Onero while they werestill burning. I found them fitted up with fine Canet rapid-fire guns andmost of the modern improvements. I did not discover until after we hadspent the afternoon in their vicinity that all their large guns had been leftloaded with powder and shell, making them peculiarly dangerous to smallboats. The guns generally laid level just above the surface of the water.As several of them were pointed at the arsenal, their charges were fi

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