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... force behind it ; the diplo- mat is the servant , no the master , of the upcoming fray . Several years after the war , he boasted that " I had always felt that if there were a serious war I wished to be in a position to explain to my ...
... force behind it ; the diplo- mat is the servant , no the master , of the upcoming fray . Several years after the war , he boasted that " I had always felt that if there were a serious war I wished to be in a position to explain to my ...
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... force of the U.S. Army landed at the small port of Daiquiri , seventeen miles from Santiago . With the help of naval gun- fire and a small force of Cuban revolution- aries under the command of Gen. Calixto Garcia , the three hundred ...
... force of the U.S. Army landed at the small port of Daiquiri , seventeen miles from Santiago . With the help of naval gun- fire and a small force of Cuban revolution- aries under the command of Gen. Calixto Garcia , the three hundred ...
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... forces at Santiago , and how to go about this was left up to him . As soon as a sufficient force land- ed on shore at Siboney , Shafter ordered the march toward Santiago . Although the Spaniards put up no resistance to the Amer- ican ...
... forces at Santiago , and how to go about this was left up to him . As soon as a sufficient force land- ed on shore at Siboney , Shafter ordered the march toward Santiago . Although the Spaniards put up no resistance to the Amer- ican ...
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... force of sixty - six hundred men met heavy resistance from the five hundred Spaniards garrisoned at the vil- lage . Not until late afternoon did El Caney come under American control . With Lawton bogged down in El Caney , the First ...
... force of sixty - six hundred men met heavy resistance from the five hundred Spaniards garrisoned at the vil- lage . Not until late afternoon did El Caney come under American control . With Lawton bogged down in El Caney , the First ...
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... force had assem- bled on the hill we had previously cap- tured , consisting not only of my own regiment but of the ninth and of portions of other cavalry regiments.24 In The Rough Riders , written almost a year after the war , Roosevelt ...
... force had assem- bled on the hill we had previously cap- tured , consisting not only of my own regiment but of the ninth and of portions of other cavalry regiments.24 In The Rough Riders , written almost a year after the war , Roosevelt ...
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