The American-Spanish war; . ^^^^^^^. I\ CHAPTER CAMPAIGN IN PUERTO RICO. BY Capt. henry H. WHITNEY, U. S. A,, Assistant Adjutant-General. During a campaign, whatever is not profoundly considered in all itsdetail is without result. Every enterprise should be conducted accordingto a system ; chance alone can never bring success.—Napoleon. PUERTO RICO was a strong base of supplies for theSpaniards in Cuba, and as it was known that the rainyseason did not begin until late in August, it seems tohave been the plan of the Major-General Commanding tostrike the first real blow there, making it
The American-Spanish war; . ^^^^^^^. I\ CHAPTER CAMPAIGN IN PUERTO RICO. BY Capt. henry H. WHITNEY, U. S. A,, Assistant Adjutant-General. During a campaign, whatever is not profoundly considered in all itsdetail is without result. Every enterprise should be conducted accordingto a system ; chance alone can never bring success.—Napoleon. PUERTO RICO was a strong base of supplies for theSpaniards in Cuba, and as it was known that the rainyseason did not begin until late in August, it seems tohave been the plan of the Major-General Commanding tostrike the first real blow there, making it a secondary base ofoperations against Cuba later in the fall. But the presenceof Cerveras fleet changed the plan, when the Navy asked forthe Armys assistance at Santiago. When this bugaboo of theseas had been so brilliantly disposed of, and General Mileshad taken reinforcements to Shafters army and with themthe prestige of a Master of Victory, he hurried to Guan-tanamo to assemble his Puerto Rican expedition. Every contingency th
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