The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-08-19
CAPTURE OF MANILA
Our Troops Storm the Trenches,
Sweeping All Before Them.
ADMIRAL DEEBY'S HUMANE Plan.
Every Object Spared but the Armed De-
fsnses and the Trenehss-DeHsy after
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Expected at Washington

lenses aRd the Trenehss-DeHey After
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Expected at Washington
Hong Kong. Aug. 1z.-AdmiraI
Dewey gave Gen August an hour IN
which to surrender at the time Of the
last demand made on Saturday. Gen.
August refused to comply. The bonn
bardment. which began at $50 a m,
was continued for two hours, and then
the Americans stormed the trenches,
sweeping all before them. Those
within the walls attempted no resist
ance- The first Colorado volunteer
stOrL1ed the outer trenches and drove
the Spaniards into the second line Of
de1enses- Then the American troops
swept on, driving all the Spaniards
into the inner fortificat iOus, where
the Spanish commander, seeing
that further resistance was useless,
hoisted the white flag and surrendered.
The losses, American and Spanish, are
not yet known. The Spaniards in the
trenches probably numbered 3, 900 men,
The American attacking force mum
bered 10, 900 and the Americans were
better armed, better trained and in
better condition. The foreign fleets
watched the bOmbardment with acute
Interest The American warships en-
gagged were the Olympia, Petrol, Ra-
leigh McCuuOch, Boston, Monterey,
Charleston and Baltimore. The Span
iards assert that the fire Of the Ameri-
cans for the most part fell short, the
only effective fire being from a small
gunbOat armed with qUick-fring
guns that was close in shore.
1t is also asserted by the Span
iards that ''the Americans lost
heavily in the stOrming, owing TO the
faulty construction of their iutrench-
ments. which the Spaniards could
command from the heights and upon
which they poured a CALLING fire"
The Spanish trench extended around
Manila at a distance of from two to
four miles from the walled city, form
ing q circle ten miles in circumfer-
enee, and it was impossible, the Span
iards say, to hold so long n line against
the American attack. Admiral Dewey
and Gen. Merritt, it is reported, had
issued orders to spare all except armed
defenses Of the city and consequently
the town is understood to have been
but little damaged.
ADMIRAL DEwEY's HUMANE PLAN.
London, Aug. 1.-THE Manila cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph,
says: Nothing could be more humane
than the American capture OF the
town. Gen. Merritt and Admiral
Dewey's plan was to spare every OBJ
ject but the armed defenses aud the
trenches Apparently the American
losses were extremely small. The
Spanish intrenchments varied in point
OF distance from two to four miles
from the center Of Old Manila. Defend
ing this long line Of at least ten miles
were not over, and probably under, 5, 900
Spanish regular troops, volunteers and
natives About half that number were
IN the hospital The attacking force
numbered from 20, 900 to 20, 900 natives
and 10, coo Americans on shore and
aboard the fleet In every respect the
advantage was on the side Of the at
tack The American field guns threw
heavier metal and had longer range
than the Spanish; the craftsmanship
Of the United States gunners was
nuch superior to that Of the Spaniards,
and the men were stronger and in bet
ter condition. 1t was a hopeless
struggle
The attacking squadron formed in
line between MaIate and old Manila
with the Concord watching the fort at
the mouth Of the Pasig. The Amer
lean feet lay outside the breakwater.
The Olympia fired the first shot at9:4O-
and fairly con tinuOus, but by no means
furious, cannonade was kept up until
1870 By that time the MaIate fort was
silenced and the American troops had
stormed the intrenchments The
Spo1iards who were in the earthworks
tell me that the quicl-frinq guns
of the little gunbOat Rapido, which
lay close to the shore, were far more
terribI1 their effect than was the
raking FIRE OF the ships Resistance
70 the American attack was impossible.
The Spanish commander, convinced
that further resistance was hopeless,
hOisted white flag at 1850, and the
order to cease firing was Immediately
issued IN the center of the town, but
In the outskirts street fighting contin-
ued for some time sfterward between
the rebels and Spaniards.
DEWEY AFTER MORE GAME
Hong Kong. Aug. I7.-Consul Gen
eral Wildman yesterday received 4 re-
port from Admiral Dewey saving that
It was intended, after the capture Of
Manila, to dispatch cruisers to IIOilo
and Cebu to accept the surrender of
those ports, and also to send cruisers
70 Port Royalist. in Talawn, to capture
the Spanish guubOats hiding there.
THE OPTICAL REPORT ExPECrED.
Washington, Aug. 1.-THE state de-
partment received notice late last
night Of the arrival at Hong Kong Of
the dispatch boat Zafira with adviceS
from Admiral Dewey and Gen Merritt
and expected soon to have the official
report about the capture Of Manila
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