Mexico weekly ledger., 1898-05-12

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terly unsuccessful.
The American feet was then draw
ing nearer and nearer TO the Span
iards, whose gunnery was very poor,
the shots from the Cavite batteries and
from the Spanish ships being equally
badly aimed, either falling short OF
going from the mark.
When the American fleet entered the
bay, coming through the southern
channel between Cabaale Friie inIets,
the following was their order: The
flagship Olympia, the Baltimore, the
Raleigh, the Concord, the Boston, the
Petrol and the McCulloch. with the
two store ships. the Naushan and the
zaAro. bringing up the rear. And in
shat order thew .swept urandly before
the citv and faced the enemv In column
line.
Though the Standards had opsned
nre at 8. o Yards. the Amerieans re-
served their Gre until within 1000
wards of the enemy, when the real bat.
lie began.
The Reina Cristina. CastiIn. Don An
tonic de TTl,oa J.ia AZ Crha Tsla de
Tuyon sns ia MInaanaro yr.,a IN line
~ hat.Ia orts;da ~ cor;ts a. that
time With forr and The tor.
nedo boats inside the harbor
The Amer;can sbtns then nassed
backwards and forwards ak times
across ths front Of h Gnaniards. nour-
ino In mon tha Ietter i nsrfect hal, Of
.hot and shaX Hvarv American ahot
sesmed to taI, while almost avery
Snanish shot missed the marl<
Ace hav,nc Arms scattsrea ssath
anS SamoraH.S,,on amonn the Snan-
tsh eaat ara IL an Sra,,sh b~at,ariae
the A,narican Asat ratirea for hreal.
fast and inc,dantaliv counesl os war
wa. held on hoara fhe olvmnia-
Rv this tinse the snanfsh Aims were
in a desperate condition..
The fagship Reina Cristina was rid.
died with shot and shsu. one Of her
steam n,nes haA hrnst. and abe was he.
lieved to he on Are The CastiIla was
certainly on Are. and soon Afterwards
their cSrdition heceme worse and
worse. until thew were eventually
burned TO the waters 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 aAoat. he
nailed her colors to the mast and she
sank with all hands fighting to the
last. Her huh was completely riddled
and her upper deck had been swept
clean by the awful fire of the Ameri-
can guns, but the Spaniards, though
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them, continued working the guns on
her lower deck until she sank beneath
the waters
During the engagement q Spanish
torpedo boat crept along the shore and
round the offing In an attempt to at.
tack the American store ships, but she
was promptly discovered, was driven
ashore and was actually blown 70
pieces.
The Mindanano had in the mean.
while been run lahore 70 save her from
sinking, and the Spanish small craft
had sought shelter from the steel storm
behind the breakwater.
The battle. which was started at
about $50 a. m. and adjourned at $50
a. m. was resumed about noon. when
Com IleyyaV started In tn mt
the finishing touches on his glorious
work. There was not much asht left
In the Spaniards by hat time. and at
Q o. m. the Petrol and Concord had
shot the Cavite batteries into silence,
leaving them heaps of ruins and float
ing the white flag.
The Spanish Sunboats were then
scuttled. the arsenal was on Are. and
the explosion of a Spanish m~aoazine
caused further mortality among the
defenders of snain on shore
On the water the burnina. sunken or
DESTROYED Spanish vessels could be
seen. while only the cruiser baltimore
had suffered in any way from the fire
of the enemy, A shot which struck
her exploded some ammunition near
one Of her guns and slightly injured
half a dozen of the crew.
Several shots passed dangerously
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