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Title: America's war for humanity, related in story and picture, embracing a complete history of Cuba's struggle for liberty...
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
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Publisher: New York, Thompson
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ral gotunderway. In this operation the fleet drifted nearer the shore; and the windnext day, coming out strong from the northwest and setting the ships bodilyon the coast, he, under the advice of the pilots, stood into the North Sea.Had Flushing been in their possession, it might, with good pilots, haveafforded a refuge, but it was held by the Dutch. The enemys ships, moreweatherly, drew up and engaged again; while the continuance of the windand the clumsiness of the Spaniards threatened destruction upon the shoals 422 AMERICAS WAR FOR HUMANITY. off the Flemish coast. The sudden shifting of the wind to the south savedthem when already in only six or seven fathoms of water. Here, again,was no bad luck; nor could it be considered a misfortune that the southerlybreeze, which carried them to the Pentland Frith, changed to the northeastas they passed the Orkneys and entered the Atlantic, being thus fair fortheir homeward course. The disasters of the armada were due to the following causes:
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c(»i,rMi;rs cAT(n:))KAL, havana. \vhi.;rk the remains of columbus are buried. (From a rhotograph.) First.—The failure to prescribe the effectual crippling of the Englishlavy as a condition precedent to any attempt at invasion. Second.—The neglect to secure beforehand a suitable roint for makingthe junction with the army. Combinations thus intrusted to chance have noright to expect success. Third.—The several actions with the English failed because the ships,srhich could exert their power only close to the enemy, were neither so fast FIRST AMERICAN INVASION OF CUBA. 423 nor so handy as the latter. Only those who have the advantage of range canafford inferiority of speed. Fourth.—The disasters in the Atlantic were due either to original unsea-worthiness, or to damage received in action, or to bad judgment in takingunweatherly ships too close to the shores of Ireland, where strong westerlygales prevailed and the coast was inhospitable. The Spanish armada sailed on a mission of h

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