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 423
cruisers of 7.000 tons and 2torpedo-boat destroyers, attempted to escape from Santiago at 9.30 oclock onSunday morning, July 3, just nine weeks after the destruction of Monte jos 398 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY fleet. Schley and. Sampson destroyed the vessels and made prisoners of… … THE TRUCE BEFORE SANTIAGO. July 16, the Spanish fortifications, twenty-four thousand prisoners, and alarge amount of arms and ammunition. At noon on Sunday, July IT, 1898,the American flag was hoisted over the headquarters at Santiago. General Miles started on the invasion of Porto Rico, July 25,…
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