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... smokeless powder ; and , moreover , he was bent upon our having the weapons of the regulars , for this meant that we would be brigaded with them , and it was evident that they would do the bulk of the fighting if the war were short . Ac ...
... smokeless powder ; and , moreover , he was bent upon our having the weapons of the regulars , for this meant that we would be brigaded with them , and it was evident that they would do the bulk of the fighting if the war were short . Ac ...
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... smokeless powder , made it exceedingly difficult to place exactly where they were , and almost immediately Young , who al- ways liked to get as close as possible to his enemy , began to push his troops forward . They were de- ployed on ...
... smokeless powder , made it exceedingly difficult to place exactly where they were , and almost immediately Young , who al- ways liked to get as close as possible to his enemy , began to push his troops forward . They were de- ployed on ...
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... smokeless powder was re- markable . The air seemed full of the rustling sound of the Mauser bullets , for the Spaniards knew the trails by which we were advancing , and opened heavily on our position . Moreover , as we advanced we were ...
... smokeless powder was re- markable . The air seemed full of the rustling sound of the Mauser bullets , for the Spaniards knew the trails by which we were advancing , and opened heavily on our position . Moreover , as we advanced we were ...
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... Smokeless powder , and the thick cover in our front , continued to puzzle us , and I more than once consulted anxiously the officers as to the exact whereabout of our opponents . I took a rifle from a wounded man and began to try shots ...
... Smokeless powder , and the thick cover in our front , continued to puzzle us , and I more than once consulted anxiously the officers as to the exact whereabout of our opponents . I took a rifle from a wounded man and began to try shots ...
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... smokeless powder , their artil- lery had an enormous advantage over ours , and , moreover , we did not have the best type of modern guns , our fire being slow . As soon as the firing ceased , Wood formed his brigade , with my regiment ...
... smokeless powder , their artil- lery had an enormous advantage over ours , and , moreover , we did not have the best type of modern guns , our fire being slow . As soon as the firing ceased , Wood formed his brigade , with my regiment ...
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Página 1 - HARK ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum, — Saying, " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. " Let me of my heart take counsel :^ War is not of life the sum ; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come...
Página 16 - They were a splendid set of men, these southwesterners — tall and sinewy, with resolute, weather-beaten faces, and eyes that looked a man straight in the face without flinching.
Página 1 - Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. " Let me of my heart take counsel : War is not of life the sum ; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come?" But the drum Echoed, " Come ! Death shall reap the braver harvest," said the solemn sounding drum.
Página 260 - ... and that it could not be attempted until too late. Moreover, the best medical authorities of the island say that with our present equipment we could not live in the interior during the rainy season without losses from malarial fever, which is almost as deadly as yellow fever. ' ' This army must be moved at once or perish. As the army can be safely moved now, the persons responsible for preventing such a move will be responsible for the unnecessary loss of many thousands of lives.
Página 124 - At last we could see the Spaniards running from the rifle-pits as the Americans came on in their final rush. Then I stopped my men for fear they should injure their comrades, and called to them to charge the next line of trenches, on the hills in our front, from which we had been undergoing a good deal of punishment. Thinking that the men would all come, I jumped over the wire fence in front of us and started at the double ; but as a matter of fact, the troopers were so excited, what with shooting...
Página 20 - All — Easterners and Westerners, Northerners and Southerners, officers and men, cow boys and college graduates, wherever they came from, whatever their social position — possessed in common the traits of hardihood and a thirst for adventure. They were to a man born adventurers, in the old sense of the word. Some of them went by their own names; some had changed their names; and yet others possessed but half a name, colored by some adjective, like Cherokee Bill, Happy Jack of Arizona, Smoky Moore,...
Página 262 - Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
Página 86 - ... the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. In...
Página 50 - Forrest r and Morgan and the infantry of Jackson and ; Hood. The blood of the old men stirred to the distant breath of battle ; the blood of the young men leaped hot with eager desire to accompany us. The older women, who remembered the dreadful misery of...
Página 260 - R. CHAFFEE, Major-General Commanding Third Brigade, Second Division. SAMUEL S. SUMNER, Brigadier-General Volunteers Commanding First Brigade, Cavalry. WILL LUDLOW, Brigadier-General Volunteers Commanding First Brigade, Second Division. ADELBERT AMES, Brigadier-General Volunteers Commanding Third Brigade, First Division. LEONARD WOOD, Brigadier-General Volunteers Commanding the City of Santiago. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Colonel Commanding Second Cavalry Brigade. Major MW Wood, the chief Surgeon of the...