The age-herald., 1898-05-09
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lowed by some of the larger Spanish war ship and then the Cavite forts opened and the smaller Spanish vessels brought their guns into play.
 The American squadron which had been led into the bay and through the channels by the flagship Olympia, did not reply. though the shells of the Spaniards began to strike the water around them. but moved majestically onward. When nearing llSer bay sudden upheaval of water a short dis tance ahead of tho Olympia showed that the Spaniards had exploded mine tor pedo. This was followed by sec1nd ard similar explosion. They were both utterly unsuccessful.
 The American fleet was then drawing nearer and nearer to the Spanards, whose gunnery were very poor the shots from the Cavite batteries and Spanish ships being equally badly aimed, either falling short or going wide of the mark.
 When the American fleet entered the bay coming through the southern channel be- tween Cabaalo Prile islets, the following was the order: The flagship Olympia, the Baltimore the Raleigh, Concord, Boston, Petrel and McCulloch, with the two store ships, the Nanshan and Zafiro, bringing up the rear. And in that order they swept grandly before the city and faced the ene- my in column line.
 Though the Spaniards had opened fire at 600 yards, the Americans reserved their fire until 400 yards of the enemy when the real battle began. The Reina Christina, Castilla, Don Antonio De Ulloa, Isla De Cuba. Isla 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 forward six times across the front of the Spaniards, pouring upon the latter a perfect hail of shot and shell. Every American shot seemed to tell while almost every Spanish shot missed the mark.
 After having thus scattered death and demoralization among the Spanish fleet and in the Spanish batteries, the American fleet retired for breakfast and, incidentally, a council of war was held on board the Olym- pia.
 By this time the Spanish ships were in desnerate condition. The flagship Reina Christina was riddled with shot and sheii' one of her steam pipes had burst ana sne was believed to. be on fire. The Cast iia was certainly on fire, and soon aftefwards their condition became worse ana worse' until they were eventually burned to the waters edge.
 The Don Antonioa Ulloa made most magnificent show of desperate bravery When her commander found she was SD torn bv the American shells that he could not keep her afoat, he nailed her coiors to Inc mast and she sank with all hands hght- ;np to the last. Her hull was completely riddled and her upper deck had been swept clean by the awful fire of the American guns. but the Spaniards, though their ves- sells were sinking beneath them, continued working the guns on her lower deck until she sank beneath the waters.
 During the engagement Spanish torpedo boat crept along the shore and round the offing, in an attempt to attack the American store 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 sinking and the Spanish small craft had sought shelter from the steel storm behind the break water.
 The battle which was started at about 53O a. m and adjourned at S:S0 a. m. was resumed about noon, when Commodore Dewey started in to put the finishing touches on his glorious work. There was not much fight left in the Spaniards by that time and at p. m. the Petrel and Concord had shot the Cavite batteries into silence, leaving them in heaps of ruins and floating the white flag. The Spanish gum boats were then scuttled, the arsenal was fired and the explosion of a Spanish mag azine caused further mortality among the defenders of Spain on shore.
 On the water the burning, sunken or destroyed Spanish vessels could be seen while only the cruiser Baltimore had suf- fered in any way from the fire of the ene- my A shot which struck her exploded some ammunition near some of her guns and slightly injured a half dozen of the crew.
 Several shots passed dangerously close to Commodore Dewey, but little or no damage was done on board the flagship
 On the ether hand about 150 men are said to have been killed on board the Spanish ships. which were totally destroyed. Ad- miral Montejo, the Spanish admiral, trans ferred his flags to the Isle De Cuba when his ship caught fire, but the latter was de- stroyed in due course of time.
 The Reina Cristina lost her captain. lieu tenant, her chaplain and midshipman by one shot which struck her bridge.
 About 100 men were killed and sixty wounded on board the Castilla. Indeed some estiwates place the number of Span- ish wounded during the engagement at over 1000 men.
 The Olympia was struck five tlmes<above