Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. (1899)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, Pa., A. J. Holman & Co · leaf 420
he Americans. San Juan was bombarded on May 12.On May .><> Schley, who in the meantime had arrived off Santiago, dispatched :I have seen the enemys ships with my own eyes. Cervera had then beenin the harbor ten days. On the 31st, Schley commenced a bombardment, andthe forts at the mouth of… … 396 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY the Merriniac in the channel of the harbor, which was accomplished withoutthe loss of one of his seven co-heroes, although subjected to a deadly tirefrom forts and vessels. The first troops landed on Cuban soil were the marines, 650 in number,under…
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