McClure's Magazine ..., Volume 12S. S. McClure, Limited, 1899 |
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... GUN- POWDER . RAY STANNARD BAKER . Illustrated ... ............ . AMERICANS , LIFE - MASKS OF GREAT . CHARLES HENRY HART . Illustrated .. ANGLO - SAXON , FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE . GEORGE B. WALDRON . Illustrated ..... ARCTIC CAMPAIGN ...
... GUN- POWDER . RAY STANNARD BAKER . Illustrated ... ............ . AMERICANS , LIFE - MASKS OF GREAT . CHARLES HENRY HART . Illustrated .. ANGLO - SAXON , FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF THE . GEORGE B. WALDRON . Illustrated ..... ARCTIC CAMPAIGN ...
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... GUN- POWDER . RAY STANNARD BAKER . Illustrated ...... MANILA , DEWEY AT . WITH THE AMERICAN FLEET IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM APRIL , 1898 , TO OCTOBER , 1898. EDWARD W. HARDEN . Illustrated .. PAGE 397 369 MARINES SIGNALING UNDER FIRE AT ...
... GUN- POWDER . RAY STANNARD BAKER . Illustrated ...... MANILA , DEWEY AT . WITH THE AMERICAN FLEET IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM APRIL , 1898 , TO OCTOBER , 1898. EDWARD W. HARDEN . Illustrated .. PAGE 397 369 MARINES SIGNALING UNDER FIRE AT ...
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... guns , ammunition , and provisions . He insisted on more extended gunnery practice . He hurried the work on the new war ships , and ordered repairs on the old ones ; he directed that the crew of every ship be recruited to its full ...
... guns , ammunition , and provisions . He insisted on more extended gunnery practice . He hurried the work on the new war ships , and ordered repairs on the old ones ; he directed that the crew of every ship be recruited to its full ...
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... guns and pre- pare earthworks , and have , I believe , now about forty guns . Friday , 1st July . This morning at seven we began to hear cannonading in the direc- tion of Caney and Sevilla , or nearer here , and at eight I went up to ...
... guns and pre- pare earthworks , and have , I believe , now about forty guns . Friday , 1st July . This morning at seven we began to hear cannonading in the direc- tion of Caney and Sevilla , or nearer here , and at eight I went up to ...
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... guns outside , counting 2,545 shot in sixty - five minutes , after which we heard no more . Mason went to the Vigia , re- ported they had rounded Cape Cabrera , fol- lowed by five American ships , and it was thought they had made good ...
... guns outside , counting 2,545 shot in sixty - five minutes , after which we heard no more . Mason went to the Vigia , re- ported they had rounded Cape Cabrera , fol- lowed by five American ships , and it was thought they had made good ...
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