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Identifier: reminiscencesthr00youn_0 (find matches)
Title: Reminiscences and thrilling stories of the war by returned heroes
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Young, James Rankin, 1847-1924 Moore, J. H., joint author
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898 Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Elliott Publishing Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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Feat of Superb Courage. How that little boat escaped utter destruction, said Captain Jones, isa mystery. Every man on her was a hero, but the Spanish admiral dis-counted for coolness anything that has ever come under my observation,During that perilous passage of a mile or more he stood upright in the sternperfectly unmoved, although splashes of water flew repeatedly over the littlecraft from the fragments of shell and larger shot which exploded frequentlywithin a few yards of her. We all held our breath until Montojo was safe outof the frying-pan into the fire, as the saying is, and we all devoutly hoped hewould cross that expanse of water in safety. It was an example of unpar-alleled heroism. Admiral Dewey is one of those prudent men who never like to go intobattle unprepared. Before entering the harbor of Manila, he had every partof his fleet in fighting order, as he stated in a letter from Hong Kong.—Mr.Charles Dewey, brother of the Admiral, celebrated his fiftieth wedding anni-
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