Connecticut western news., 1898-08-18
CAPTURING MANILA.

London Correspondent's Report of the
 Bombardment and Capitulatiop.
 London, Aug. 1.-The Manila corre- spondent of The Daily Telegraph. tele- graphing Saturday says:
 Nothing could be more humane than he Americana capture of the town. The plan of General Merritt and Admiral Dewey was to spare every object but the armed defenses and the trenches. Apparently the American losses were extremely small The Spanish intrench- ments varied in point of distance from two to four miles from the center of Old Manila.
 Defending this long line of at least 10 miles were not over, and probably under 5000 Spanish regular troops. vol unteers and natives. About half that number were In hospitals. The attack ing force numbered from 10000 to 10000 natives and 10000 Americans on shore and aboard the fleet. In every respect the advantage was on the side of the attack. The American field guns threw heavier metal and had longer range than the Spanish. the Iaarksmanship of the American gunners was much su- perior to that of the Spaniards and the men were stronger and In better condi-
 
 compared with their stalwart oppo- uents. and worn out by 100 days siege and disappointed by the failure of the arrival of the promised Spanish relief squadron, they had lost heart It was | hopeless struggle.
 Looking over the bay 1t was curious to notice foreign fleets arrange them- sclves according to their sympathies- the English and Japanese near the Americans and the Germans and French on the opposite sides of the bay north of the Pasig river The British cruiser Immoralte and her oonsorts kept fair iy near the American line The attack ing squadron formed a line between Malate and Old Manila. with the Con- cord watching the fort at the mouth of the Pasig. Tine American fleet lay out side the breakwater
 "The Olympia fired the first shot at e:40. and a fairly continuous but by no means furious cannonade was kept up until f1:90. By that time the Mafats fort was siienced. and the American troops then stormed the intrenchments. Spanfards who were in tine earthworks tell me that the quick firing guns of the little gunboat Rapido, which lay close to the shore, were far more terrible In their effects than was the rakfng fire of the ships.
 "Resistance to the American attack was impossible The First Colorado reg iment was the earliest to charge the Spaniards who retired to the second line. but soon, outnumbered, they were forced into the old city. part of Ma late suffered severely from the bom- bardment. The vaunted intramuros de- lenses were not tried.
 'The Spanish commander, convinced that further resistance was hopeless, hoisted a white flag at 1:30. and the or der to cease firing was Immediately is- sued In the center of the town, but in the outskirts street fighting continued | for some time afterward between the | rebels and Spaniards. a
 The only fear felt in the city Is in regard to the conduct of the insur- gents. As write this in the house Of the German consul a brisk fusIllade is going on between the combatants and musketry fire Is rattiing all around" Apparent Breach of Neutrality. | The Times in an editorial article this morning, says:
 | AS the signing of the protocol could not have been known when the Germans ! arranged 10 remove GOYernOr deneraI Augustin. the transaction comes re- markably near a deliberate breach of neutrality. But for the German action | General Augustin would have been the most important prisoner of war. The whole story decidedly wants axplana- tion.''
 The Hongkong correspondent of The Times, commenting upon the reticence
 of the officers and crew of the Kaiserii | Augusta, says:
 "The curious attitude of the German has provoked a deal of feeling here an,
 some suspicion as to the real object o
 their secretiveness. The practice hith
 erto has been for cruisers leaving Ma
 nila, of whatever nationality, to brini
 the malls of every nationality repre-
 scented at Manila. The Kaiserin Au
 gusta brought only the German mail.
 No consistent story of the fight ha
 arrived, but 1t appears that on Saturda.
 morning the Spaniards refused to sur
 render. At 10 o'clock Admiral Dewe. iopk the aQusdron over from cavtse |