The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-09
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shots were exchanged with the bat
teries on Corregidor Island, but the
fleet did not SLOW down, and soon took
up a position near Cavite, awaiting
dawn in order to commence hostili-
ties.
The early hours of the morning re-
vealed the opposing ships to each
other, and the Spanish flagship opened
fire. Her action was followed by some
of the larger Spanish warships, and
then the Cavite forts opened up and
the smaller Spanish vessels brought
their guns into play.
The American squadron, which had
been led into the bay and through the
channel by the flagship Olympia, did
not reply, though the shells of the
Spanards began to strike the water
around them, but moved majestically
onward. When nearing Baker bay a
sudden upheaval of water a short dis
tance ahead of the Olympia showed
that the Spaniards had exploded a
mine or torpedo. This was followed
by a second and similar explosion
They were both utterly unsuccessful.
The American fleet was then drawing
nearer and nearer to the Spaniards
whose gunnery was very poor, the
shots from the Cavite batteries and
from the Spanish ships being equally
badly aimed, either falling short or 60
ing wide of the mark
When the American feet entered the
bay, coming through the southern
channel between Caballo and Frile ISL
cts, the following was their order:
The flagship Olympia, the Baltimore,
the Raleigh, Concord, Boston, Petrol
and McCuloch, with two storeships,
the Nanshan and Zafiro, bringing ur
the rear. And in that order they swept
grandly before the city and faced the
enemy in column line!
Dewey Reserved His Fire.
Though the Spaniards had opened
fire at 5000 yards, the Americans re-
served their fire until within 1000
yards of the enemy, when the real
| battle began.
The Reina Christina, Castillo, Don
! Antonio Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, Isla de
Luzon and the Mindanao were in line
of battle outside of Cavite at that time,
with four gunboats and the torpedo
! boats inside the harbor.
| The American ships then passed back
wards and forwards six times across
the front of the Spaniards, pouring in
upon the latter a perfect hail of shot
and shell. Every American shot seem
ed to tell, while almost every Spanish
shot missed the mark.
After having thus scattered death
and decentralization among the Spanish
fleet and the Spanish batteries, the
American fleet retired for breakfast,
and incidentally a council of war was
held on board the Olympia.
BY this time the Spanish ships were
in a desperate condition. The flagship
Reina Christina was riddled with shot
and shell, one of her steam pipes had
burst and she was believed to be on
fire. The Castillo was certainly on
fire, and soon afterward their condition
became worse and worse, until they
were eventually burned to the water 5
edge
The Don Antonio de Ulloa made a
most magnificent show of desperate
bravery. When her commander found
she was so torn by the American shells
that he could not keep her afloat he
nailed her colors to the mast and she
sank with all hands fighting to the
last. Her hull was completely rid
died and her upper deck had been
swept clean by the awful fire of the
American guns, but the Spaniards
though their vessels were sinking be-
meath them, continued working the
guns on her lower deck until she sank
beneath the waters.
Torpedo Boat shot to Pieces.
During the engagement a Spanish
torpedo boat crept along the shore and
round the ofing in an attempt to at
tack the American ships, but she was
promptly discovered, was driven ashore
and was actually shot to pieces.
The Mindanao had in the meanwhile
been run ashore to save her from sink
ing and the Spanish small craft had
sought shelter from the steel storm be.
hind the breaKwater.
The battle, which was started al
about 5: 30 a. m. and adjourned at 8: &c
I a. m, was resumed about noon, when
I Commodore Dewey started in to put
! the finishing touches of his glorious
% work There was not much fight lef
= in the Spaniards by this time, anC
at 2 D. IN. the Petrol and Concord haC
shot the Cayite batteries into silence
leaving them heaps of ruins and float
ing the white flag.
, The Spanish gunboats were theI
scuttled, the arsenal was on fire, am
the explosion of a Spanish magazine
caused further mortality among tn,
! defenders of Spain on shore.
{ On the water the burning, sunken o
destroyed Spanish vessels could be seen
while only the cruiser Baltimore ha
suffered in any way from the fire of tn
y enemy. A shot which struck her ex
II ploded some ammunition near one c
"a her guns and slightly injured half
IS dozen of the crew. Several shots pass
le ed dangerously close to Commodor
- Dewey, but little or no damage wa
"a done on board the flagship. The wounC
i ed sailors are: Lieutenant Frank v