ISBN: 9781443218597

Excerpt: ...shrouds, there came the joyous shout: By Jove! There''s Corregidor light! Surely enough, even before the brief tropic twilight was over and darkness had settled down… Altro …

Excerpt: ...shrouds, there came the joyous shout: By Jove! There''s Corregidor light! Surely enough, even before the brief tropic twilight was over and darkness had settled down, away to the southward, at regular ten-second intervals, from the crest of the rock-bound, crumbling parapet on Corregidor Island, a brilliant light split the cloudy vista and flashed a welcome to the lone wanderer on the face of the waters. It could mean only one thing: Manila Bay was dominated by Dewey''s guns. The Yankee was master of Corregidor, and had possessed himself of both fort and light-house. In all probability Manila itself had fallen. Half speed ahead! was the order, and again the throb of the engines went pulsing through the ship, and the Sacramento slowly forged ahead over a smooth summer sea. At midnight the pilot and glad tidings were aboard, and at dawn the decks were thronged with eager voyagers, and a great, full-throated cheer went up from the forecastle head as the gray, ghost-like shapes of the war-ships loomed up out of the mist and dotted the unruffled surface. But that cheer sank to nothingness beside one which followed fifteen minutes later, when the red disk of the sun came peeping over the low, fog-draped range far to the eastward and, saluted by the boom of the morning gun from the battlements of the old city, there sailed to the peak of the lofty flag-staff the brilliant colors and graceful folds of the stars and stripes. The three-century rule of Castile and Aragon was ended. The yellow and red of Spain was supplanted by the scarlet, white, and blue of America, and in a new glory of its own Old Glory unfolded to the faintly rising breeze, and all along the curving shore and over the placid waters rang out the joyous, life-giving, heart-stirring notes of the Yankee reveille. For long hours later there came launches, bancas, and cascoes from fleet and shore. The debarkation of the cavalry began in the afternoon. They had left... Charles King, Books, Fiction and Literature, Ray's Daughter Books>Fiction and Literature The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Philippine American War, 1899-1902; Philippines; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / War<

ISBN: 9781443218597

Excerpt: ...shrouds, there came the joyous shout: By Jove! There''s Corregidor light! Surely enough, even before the brief tropic twilight was over and darkness had settled down… Altro …

Excerpt: ...shrouds, there came the joyous shout: By Jove! There''s Corregidor light! Surely enough, even before the brief tropic twilight was over and darkness had settled down, away to the southward, at regular ten-second intervals, from the crest of the rock-bound, crumbling parapet on Corregidor Island, a brilliant light split the cloudy vista and flashed a welcome to the lone wanderer on the face of the waters. It could mean only one thing: Manila Bay was dominated by Dewey''s guns. The Yankee was master of Corregidor, and had possessed himself of both fort and light-house. In all probability Manila itself had fallen. Half speed ahead! was the order, and again the throb of the engines went pulsing through the ship, and the Sacramento slowly forged ahead over a smooth summer sea. At midnight the pilot and glad tidings were aboard, and at dawn the decks were thronged with eager voyagers, and a great, full-throated cheer went up from the forecastle head as the gray, ghost-like shapes of the war-ships loomed up out of the mist and dotted the unruffled surface. But that cheer sank to nothingness beside one which followed fifteen minutes later, when the red disk of the sun came peeping over the low, fog-draped range far to the eastward and, saluted by the boom of the morning gun from the battlements of the old city, there sailed to the peak of the lofty flag-staff the brilliant colors and graceful folds of the stars and stripes. The three-century rule of Castile and Aragon was ended. The yellow and red of Spain was supplanted by the scarlet, white, and blue of America, and in a new glory of its own Old Glory unfolded to the faintly rising breeze, and all along the curving shore and over the placid waters rang out the joyous, life-giving, heart-stirring notes of the Yankee reveille. For long hours later there came launches, bancas, and cascoes from fleet and shore. The debarkation of the cavalry began in the afternoon. They had left... Charles King, Books, Fiction and Literature, Ray's Daughter Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 114 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=177gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen],… Altro …

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 114 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=7mm, Gew.=177gr, [GR: 21110 - TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen], [SW: - Fiction - General], Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Philippine American War, 1899-1902; Philippines; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / War The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Philippine American War, 1899-1902; Philippines; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / War<

ISBN: 9781443218597

One of the many popular novels written by Charles King, an American soldier and a distinguished and prolific writer. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels. Books Books ~~ Computers… Altro …

One of the many popular novels written by Charles King, an American soldier and a distinguished and prolific writer. He wrote and edited over 60 books and novels. Books Books ~~ Computers~~ Programming Languages ~~ General Rays-Daughter~~Charles-King General Books LLC The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Philippine American War, 1899-1902; Philippines; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / War<