Excerpt from Our Navy in the War With Spain About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The History of Our Navy, Vol. 1 of 5: From Its Origin to the End of the War With Spain, 1775-1898 This work is to tell the story of the American navy from the time when the fathers of the nation first conceived the idea of sending war-ships to sea "at the expense of the Continent" down to and including the unparalleled deeds of this year of our Lord 1898. It seems to me that the memory of what the naval heroes of the nation have done is worth preserving, if only as a mark of gratitude - gratitude to the men whose sole incentive was patriotism, and whose only greed was for a good name. Perhaps to tell anew the story of these men who had a noble ambition may serve to strengthen noble ambitions in the hearts of others. But if that appeal does not secure the attention of the reader, let me say that self-interest demands that he heed the lessons in the story of the navy. Naturally the descriptions of our naval conflicts fill these volumes. I have endeavored first to be technically accurate, and next to portray the events so that readers who never saw a ship may comprehend them. I have taken every printed source of information that I could reach in the time allowed for the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Downfall of Spain: Naval History of the Spanish American War And, whilst the spectacle of our kinsmen winning such brilliant victories upon the element which we have always claimed, rightly or wrongly, as our own, appealed to us as a nation in a peculiar degree, we can yet feel deep sympathy with and compassion for Spain. There was infinite tragedy in the spectacle of a people going to certain defeat, because national pride would not permit it to abandon its colonies at the dictate of a stronger Power. We can best learn what the thoughts of Spaniards were by interrogating our own hearts as to what ours would have been under such circumstances. There is something pitiful and moving in the very poverty and resourcelessness of that unhappy squadron which the council of Spanish admirals sent to perish on the far-off beaches of Cuba; something that appeals to us with especial force in the useless heroism and devotion of the weak, ill-fed garrison of Santiago. With her medieval organisation and eighteenth-cen tury methods, Spain was, indeed, bound to succumb. In this hour of her defeat she produced not a man. What credit in the war was won by her sons, was won by her soldiers and seamen, not by her generals and admirals. Cervera was personally brave; he was chivalrous to a degree and he was badly used by the. Politicians, yet he cannot be described as a great or commanding figure. As an Englishman, who will hardly be accused of any political bias in American affairs, I cannot refrain from expressing surprise at the unjust and cruel attacks which have been made in the American press upon Admiral Sampson, or from expressing admiration for the dignity, self-restraint, and nobility of heart with which he has borne himself under them. To Englishmen his ceaseless vigilance, his wise dispositions, his correct and accurate judgment, and his high courage seem to have deserved another recompense. And that I believe is the Opinion of all Americans worthy the name. In this volume are incorporated small portions of various articles which I have written upon the war for the National Review, United Service Magazine, Ham/s Magazine, Army and Navy journal of New York, and Others, but in no case have the articles from these sources been incorporated whole. They have been re-written and te-cast, since much in them has been affected by later evidence. The description of the American ships is taken from Ironclad; in Action, edition 5, corrected and brought up to date. The loss of the Maine, which is a naval incident of the utmost interest, has been included as it logically should be in a history of the naval war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Papers Relating to the Navy During the Spanish War, 1585-1587 The documents collected in the present volume fall into three groups - i. Papers relating to Drake's Indies Voyage, ' 1585-6 11. Papers relating to his 'cadiz Voyage, ' 1587 iii. Miscellaneous Papers, relating to the mobilisation and general administra tion of the navy at the outbreak of the war. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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