An Illustrated History of Our War with Spain; Its Causes, Incidents, and Results Embracing a Complete Record of Military and Naval Operations from the Beginning to the Close of the Conflict with Descriptions of Battles, Sieges, Exploits, and Achievements (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III SPAIN AT THE FEET OF NAPOLEON ? EXPLOITS OF SIMON BOLIVAR AND SAN MARTIN?SPAIN'S DISASTROUS AND DISGRACEFUL FAILURES. Napoleon's Ambition to Make Spain a Subject Kingdom ? Ferdinand's Intrigues ? Joseph Bonaparte on the Throne ? Fall of Napoleon and Restoration of Ferdinand ? Revolt against Spain ? Conditions in Mexico ? Raising the Standard of Rebellion ? Ignominious Death of Hidalgo and Morelos ? First Struggles in Vene/.uela ? Simon Bolivar and His Vicissitudes ? Napoleon's Feat Surpassed ? Defeats the Spamards? O'Higgins Becomes Dictator ? The War in Peru ? Defeat of the Spanish Fleet at Callao ? San Martin Enters Lima ? His Interview with Bolivar ? Farewell to the Peruvians ? Buenos Ayres the Storm Center ? Paraguay's Dramatic Chapter? Spain's Weakness and Cruelty ?Always Failed to Restore Her Flag When Once Torn Down?A Policy Culminating in Disaster and Disgrace. THROUGHOUT the eighteenth century Spain and France, tinder .Bourbon rulers, had regarded themselves as natural allies, but this alliance in the end had much to do with the ruin of Spain. The revival which promised so much for Spanish industry and commerce under the wise and enlightened rule of Charles 111. was quickly suppressed in the inglorious reign of Charles IV. In 1796 a war broke out with Great Britain which was productive of nothing but disaster to the Spaniards. By pressure of France another arose in 1804 which was attended with similar ill-success, and in the battle of Trafalgar Spain lost a great part of that fleet which she needed for the maintenance of her American colonies. Napoleon had already conceived the idea of making Spain a subject kingdom with one of his own family on the throne, and he had nothing but contempt for its Bourbon ruler, although he pretended to be a faithful a...