. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. ; his followerswere aggressive and fearless. Everywheresave in a few strongholds Spain was van-quished. At last only Manila remained. 1899] UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT 277 The insurgents must have captured 10,000prisoners, though part of those they hadat the Spanish evacuation were from theAmericans. They hemmed in Manila bya line reaching from water to water. Wecould not have taken Manila as we did, by. A Company of Insurrectos near Bongued, Abia Province, just previous tosurrendering early in 1901. lit
. History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the present time. ; his followerswere aggressive and fearless. Everywheresave in a few strongholds Spain was van-quished. At last only Manila remained. 1899] UNITED STATES IN THE ORIENT 277 The insurgents must have captured 10,000prisoners, though part of those they hadat the Spanish evacuation were from theAmericans. They hemmed in Manila bya line reaching from water to water. Wecould not have taken Manila as we did, by. A Company of Insurrectos near Bongued, Abia Province, just previous tosurrendering early in 1901. little more than a show of force, had it notbeen for the fact that Spains soldiers, thushemmed in bv A^uinaldos, could not retreatbeyond the range of our naval guns. January21, 1899, a Philippine Republic was set up,its capital being Malolos, which effectivelycontrolled at least the Tagal provinces of -7s EXPANSION Luzon. Its methods were irregular andarbitrary—natural in view of the prevalence of war. Aguinaldo, its soul from the firstmoment, became president. The Philippine Republic wished and as-sumed to act for the archipelago, taking
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