Campaigning in the Philippines - Couverture souple

Faust, Karl Irving; Detrick, Charles R

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1360729143 ISBN 13 : 9781360729145

Editeur : Wentworth Press, 2016

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Philippine Islands was conceived, tlte war clouds had nearly all disappeared front the horizon. and all that rentained were those caused by the prospect of trouble with the insurgents. which. ltowever. were not supposed to be serious. lt was expected that the voluntr-er rt giments would be speedily replaced by regulars, wlto would ottly be needed for policing tht islands lt was intended. therefore, to give in tltis book an accurate description of tlte catnpaigtt. tr-nn lÂeweyÂs great victory to the return of the volunteers, and, in addition, a brief description uf tlte islands. lt was also proposed to publislt special editions of the book for each of the volunteer regiments, which would contain. in addition to the foregoittg. a detailed account of tlte experience of tlte regiments frottt date of tnusteriitg into service as volunteers to their return to tlte lÂnited States. ltt order to obtain this information, it was found necessary to go ln M.l. and consequently on December 2-l. ltlus. Mit. Kant. lttvtxo l:A lÂT, to whom is due the credit of having conceived and carried into execution tltis work sailed frottt San lÂrancisco on tlte steamer Gaelic. bound for Manila via Hongkong. witlt plans attd prospectus for cotttptltng suclt a book. Arriving at Manila on February 2. 1890, it soon becante apparent that tlte plans must bt changed. Dark foreboding clouds were hanging over the city. and for more than a ntonth there had been ominous rumors of an outbreak of hostilities Two days later tlte expected happened and the real catnpaign of tlte liighth Army Corps conttnenced in dead earnest. lt at once becatne evident that tltere would be great deeds to be recorded on many fields. involving time and labor hir exceeding that which had been anticipated and provided for MrF aust at once set about organizing a contpetent staff of writers who would follow up thc troops and
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wentworth Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1360729143
• ISBN 13: 9781360729145
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible