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The Spanish-American War: Manila is about to fall to the Americans...
The Spanish-American War: Manila is about to fall to the Americans...
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August 18, 1898
THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION, Georgia, Aug 18, 1898
* "Mock Battle of Manila"
* Spanish American War
* Commodore George Dewey
The front page has various reports on the Spanish-American War with reports headed: "DETAILS OF THE FALL OF MANILA" "Dewey Demanded That Spanish Commander Surrender" "Was Asked For More Time In Order to Get Women & Children to a Safe Place" "This Was Readily Granted by Dewey" "Dewey & Merritt Tell What They Are Doing at Manila" "Want to Know How to Handle the Insurgents" ' and more.
Complete in 10 pages, minor binding indents at the blank spine, partially loose at the spine, a few stains to the front page, good condition.
background: The Battle of Manila on August 13, 1898, is famously remembered as a "Mock Battle" because it was a choreographed military engagement designed to facilitate a face-saving surrender for the Spanish Empire. Facing certain defeat but forbidden by Spanish code to surrender without a fight, Governor-General Fermín Jáudenes struck a secret deal with U.S. Commodore George Dewey to stage a brief bombardment and assault that would allow the Spanish to yield to the Americans rather than the surrounding Filipino revolutionaries. While the transition was intended to be bloodless, the "script" broke down due to poor communication and the unexpected advance of Emilio Aguinaldo’s Filipino forces, resulting in several dozen casualties. Ultimately, the Americans successfully seized the city and barred their Filipino allies from entering, a move that effectively ended 333 years of Spanish rule while simultaneously igniting the deep-seated tensions that would lead to the Philippine-American War just months later.
Category: Post-Civil War
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