The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-05-13

IN moueIu WaftAIo-
That our loss is tsiflng adds 10
the pleasure Of victory without de-
tractlng from IL value.
The number Of hits our vessels
received proved how brave and
Stubborn was the defense made by
the spanish forces.
Miraculous As II may appear,
none OF our men was Killed, and
only eight Wers wounded. Those
who we're wounded suffered only
slightInjuriss.
Commodore Dvwey arrived on
Manila bay last night and decided
u enter the bay at once.
With all lts lights oui the squad
ron steamed into Boca Grande with
crows At the guns. This Was the
order Of the squadron, which wa.
kept during the whole time OF the
hrst batIisi The flagship Oiym-
pla. the Baltimore, the Raleigh
the Petrol, the Concord, the Boston.
II was Just eight o'clock, a bright
moonlight night. But the flagship
passed corregIdor Islsnd without =
sign being given that the spanI-
ards wers aware Of Iis approach.
Not uatll. the flagship was n mile
bsyond CoFrsgldor was . gun fired.
Then one heavy shot wSnt ,ensan :
Ing over the Raleigh aud the olym-
pla, followed by . second, which
fell farther astsrn. The Raleigh,
the Concord aud the Boston re-
piled, the coneord's shells explod-
Ing apparently eKaetly Inside the
shoro battery, which fired no more.
sLKFT ny rHEIR GUNS.
Our squadron slowed down TO
barely stssrAge way and the men
we're allowed to sleep alongside
their guns
Commodore Dewey had timed
our arrival 20 that We we're within
ave niles Of the city Of Manila At
dAybreak.
We thea sighted the spanish
squadron, Rear Admiral Montejo,
commander on cavite-pronounc.
ed Kaveotay, with accent on the
aves."
Herr the spAnIards had a we'll
equipped navy yard called Cavlie
Arsenal. Admiral MontoJo's Gag
was nyiuS on the S,bOo-ton protect
"a cruiser Roina Christina. The
protected cruiser Castillo, OF 800
tons. vas moored ahead and a.tern
10 the port battery, and to seward
were the cruisers Don Juan DE
Austria, Don Antonio DE UllOa,
Isla DE Cuba, Isls De Luzon Qul-
ros, Marquis Del onero and Gen.
Lszo.
Those ships aud the flagship T :
mained under way during most OF
the action.
With the United States Gag Gy-
ing At all their mastheads, our
ships moved TO the attack In line
ahead, with speed Of eight knots,
frat passing In front Of Manils,
where the action was begun by
thrse batteries mounting guns pow
erfni enough to send . shell over
~ ~ adisiance Of ave mlles.
The cOneOrd's guns doomed out
= reply to these batteries with two
pts. No more were fired, be-
cshss Commodore Dswsy could
not engage these batteries without
sending deAth and destruction Into
the eFcxtsi city.
sEAvED sUBNARISK NISEs.
AZ We Rearsd cAvlte two very
powerful submarine mines Nsr,
exploded ahsAl OF the flagship
This Was six minutes pact 5 o'elork
The spahIArds evidently hsd mis-
iadgrd oar position. Immen-,
volumes Of water were thrown hIgl
into the air by these desiroyers
but no harm was done to our ships
Commodore Dewey had kngh
with FarTagui At New Orleans aIS
Mobile hay, who're he had his tlrs
efn risnce with torpedcrs. Ne
knowing how many mines thor
might be ahsad, he slill kept OF
Without falt~iiag. No other mine
exploded, however, shd L. Is IL
-ssvel that thv SpAnlar,ls la | oas,
ll.Sse two IN plece.
ruE ES0AeENESr nsoIS-
Onlya few minutes later tn
shore battery At Cavlss iN'Int sru
over the flagship shut ,ha. neal
N hlt The battery In Manila, ou
som The guns 70, . better rang
and lhs shells brgan to strike ura