Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-08-19
Conduct of Army and Navy
Alike Declared Highly
* -
Creditable. -
ADMIRABLE PLAN Of ATTACK
Every Detail Carried Out I'm
| der Very Complicated
Conditions. 49,
Several of the American CaSu.
il, a,ties Occur After City
/ Had Fallen.

! LONDON, Aug. l&-The Manila coz.
respondent of The Times says:
Great credit must be given General
Merritt for the capture of Manila. His
plan Of attack was successfully carried
out in every detail under usually com.
.plicated conditions Nor can common.
,datiou be withheld from his chief Of
stan, General Babcock, for his expert
cooperation in the admirably conceived
strategy. The conduct Of the Spanish
was in few cases reprehensible. such
a. their setting fire to the gunboat
Cebu and the destruction of several
armed launches and boats after the
oapitulation had been agreed upon.
! 1t 10 impossible to praise too highly
4he humanity Of Admiral Dewey and
General Merritt, for bombardment Of
the walled city would have inflicted
Severe loss on thousands Of women and
.ehildren. The conduct OF the army
and navy alike toward all 10 highly
GEeditablo.
Joint Land and Sea Attack.
The plan agreed on for the attack on
Manila was for the land battery to
aopen fire simultaneously with the feet
and for an advance to be made ~ soon
~ it was considered satisfactory to as
ssauls the Spanish trenches. Consider.
able loss Of life ensued. General An.
.derson placed his division according to
directions from General Merritt. There
were eight battalions Of the First bri.
;gsds under General Macarthur in the
fighting line, with three battalions re.
served, while seven battalions of the
Second brigade under General Green
were In the trenches to the south.
three others forming q reserve. The
Scoops left the camp ut $50 in heavy
shunder storm. They carried 500
rounds Of ammunition per man and
awo days. cooked rationa.
The Fleet Bsg.ns Bombsrdlng.
At 1886 the Olympia gave the signal
Tor attack. The Petrol and Raleigh
and the active little Callao opened .
rapid fire directed toward the shore
end of the entertainments. In the
heavy rain it was difficult to judge the
range aud the shots at first fell short,
but the fire soon became accurate and
:shells rendered the fort untenable
while the four guns OF the Utah bat.
terry made excellent practice of the
.earthworks to the east OF the bay. The
sSpaniards replied teebly with q few
shells.
Less than half ON hour after the bonn.
Aardment began General Green de-.
.cided that it was possible to advance.
'Thereupon ii companies Of the First
Colorado leaped over. the breastworks
and dashed across the swampy ground
and from behind partial shelters began
. sharp musketry fire at SO0.yard
range upon the Spaniards. The shells
had made an opening into the fort and
at ll:20 this formidable fertilization
was occupied aud
Tho American Flag Raised
amid formidable cheers oil along the
American line. Meanwhile the infan.
rtry had pushed on. The lombard ment
lasted exactly an hour and q half. An
hour later General Anderson passed
:along the beach, where the infantry
were engaging the enemy, and di.
:rected an advance into Malate. The
forward movement was hastened and
lin few minutes the outskirts of the
suburb were we'll occupied aud the
OH arSv A.
the Oalifornians under Colonel Smith
came up tho beach their band played
tthe national air. accompanied by the
whistling Of Mauser bullets, and dur.
ling the sharpshooting continued to
encourage the men with inspiring
=music. Each regimentcaried its COL.
.ors into action. There was consider.
able street fighting in the suburbs Of
Nalate and Ermita, but the
Battalion At Cal,fornians
pushed into the Luneta, . popular
promenade within 400 yards Of the
moat Of the citadel. Then the white
dag was hoisted at the sou thwest cor.
ner Of the walled town. General
Green, with few members of his
staff, galloped along the Luneta under
d sharp scattered fire from tho houses
near the beach and parleyed with an
officer who directed him along to the
akate further east. At this moment the
Spanish forces retreating from Santa
Ana came into view, Iully 3,OU0 strong,
j followed by insurgents who had eluded
General MoArthur's troop and now
opened fire for q few minutes. The
situation was awkward IL not critical.
both sides being slightly Suspicious OF
Sach other, fearing treachery. The
spanish forces inside the citadel opened
1are on the California troops
Knling One aud wouuding Three.
3 The moment the white flag was shown
General Merritt, who occupied the
,atsamer Zatro as temporary corps