"...by the dispatch of fresh levies to Cuba and..."

English translation: by sending additional fresh troops to Cuba

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English term or phrase:"...by the dispatch of fresh levies to Cuba and..."
Selected answer:by sending additional fresh troops to Cuba
Entered by: Jenni Lukac (X)

17:58 Jan 2, 2010
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
History / McKinley's War message, 1898
English term or phrase: "...by the dispatch of fresh levies to Cuba and..."
" The efforts of Spain were increased both by the dispatch of fresh levies to Cuba and by the addition to the horrors of the strife of a new and inhuman phase happily unrecedented in the modern history of civilized Christian peoples ".

Native Engl. speakers, pls; can you let me know the true meaning of "dispatch of ....", because the levy/levies has more than one meaning in my nat. lang.
Thank you.
Maria Chmelarova
Local time: 14:50
sending additional fresh troops
Explanation:
Levies are usually newly recruited troops. To dispatch troops is to send them somewhere. It means several things in English too: lev·y (lv)
v. lev·ied, lev·y·ing, lev·ies
v.tr.
1. To impose or collect (a tax, for example).
2. To draft into military service.
3. To declare and wage (a war).
(online Thesaurus)

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-01-02 18:09:20 GMT)
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I meant to say the "to levy" has several meanings.
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Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 20:50
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Thank you, Jenni.
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"...by the dispatch of fresh levies to cuba and..."
sending additional fresh troops


Explanation:
Levies are usually newly recruited troops. To dispatch troops is to send them somewhere. It means several things in English too: lev·y (lv)
v. lev·ied, lev·y·ing, lev·ies
v.tr.
1. To impose or collect (a tax, for example).
2. To draft into military service.
3. To declare and wage (a war).
(online Thesaurus)

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Note added at 10 mins (2010-01-02 18:09:20 GMT)
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I meant to say the "to levy" has several meanings.

Jenni Lukac (X)
Local time: 20:50
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Grading comment
Thank you, Jenni.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Wilson: I'm not sure they are newly recruited, just bodies of enlisted troops
7 mins
  -> Greetings and thanks, Sheila. I just did some digging and will make a reference.

agree  JaneTranslates
29 mins
  -> Good evening and thanks, Jane.

agree  MPGS: definitely. levies=conscripts :)
41 mins
  -> Good evening and thanks, MPGS.

agree  English2Korean
50 mins
  -> Good evening and thanks, E2K.

agree  Jack Doughty
1 hr
  -> Good evening and thanks, Jack.

agree  Stephanie Ezrol
2 hrs
  -> Good evening and thanks, Stephanie.

agree  Françoise Vogel
3 hrs
  -> Good evening and thanks, Francoise.

agree  Peter Skipp
8 hrs
  -> Good morning and thanks, Peter.

agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
10 hrs
  -> Good morning and thanks, Yasutomo.

agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro
14 hrs
  -> Buenos días y gracias, Paula.

agree  Rolf Keiser
14 hrs
  -> Good morning and thanks, Goldcoaster.

agree  Marianna Tucci
16 hrs
  -> Good morning and thanks, Marianna.

agree  Alexandra Taggart: sending reinforcement
20 hrs
  -> Good afternoon and thanks, Alexandra.
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