Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-12
STORY OF THE VICTORY.
Detailed Account of Dewey's Bold
Dnsh ana Its Results.

DbSn ana Its results.
The following dispatch. containing a de-
tailed account of the battle, was brought
here by the McCulloch:
Manila Bay. May Last night Conmo-
dore Dewey arrived of Manila bay and with
I out consulting his officers decided to make
a dash into the inner harbor From his
| flagship, the Olympia. he signaled the com
manders Of the fleet TO How him. and with
oil lights out the squa iron of sea fight
ers steamed into the bay with the crews
at their guns. As they passed the fortihca-
tons at Corregidor the order of the yes
sells was as follows: Olympia Baltimore
Raleigh. Petrel. Concord. Boston.
Eight o'clock had just struck when the
statt.y flagship steamed silently past the
froWulng batteries that command the en-
trance 70 the bay and In spite Of the fact
that che moon was shining brightly the fleet
was well up the harbor before the Span
| lards on watch were aware of its approach
Corresidor lay a mile behind them when
the first gun doomed its warning that the
enemy was at hand.
FIRST Shot from Spaniards
"One heavy preiectie screamed over the
inhoatine ships ard plunged into the water
far away This was followed by a second,
which dropped astern. Instantly the
Raleigh, the Concord and the Boston ae-
cepted the challenge 4 she.i from the
concord described long curve and ap-
parently landed exactly inside the shore
battery, when fired no more. Slowly the
squadron edged its way toward Manila
and the men, worn with long watching
were allowed 70 drop beside their guns for
a rap on deck. So closely had the arrival
OF the fleet been timed that at break Of
day Dewey was within five miles Of Manila
Here he sighted the Spanish squadron.
'miral Montejo's flag was seen huttering
from the cruiser Reina Christina. Just
ahead OF IL was mGored the Castillo a nro-
tected cruiser of 5000 tons Astern and ia
seward in line OF battle were arranged
the cruisers Don Juan de Austria. Don An
tonic de Ulla, Isla de Cuba. Isla de Luzon
Quiros. Marquis del Onero and General
Leo, With the flagship. they remained
under way In anticipation of the action
that followed. The vessels moved down to
the attack in single file at uniform speed
81 eight knots, and IS they passed In front
ot Manila three great batteries mounting
/ powerful guns opened up at distance OF
i've miles Suddenly the Concord's guns
doomed out reply For a moment tEere
was silence and expectation. CommodC re
Dewey stgnaied not 10 attack these bat
teries for fear Of sending his shells into thu
crowded city
Mines Explode.
''Veering up the bay. Sr passed slowly in
front Of CaNite, where TWO powerful sub
marine mines We're exploded ahead of the
flagship The commodore cooliy glanced
az his watch as he stood impassively on the
/ bridge ana called the attention Of one of his
Officers 10 the fact that il was exactly six
minutes past tiVe O'Clock. As the mines let
so a smile fitted over his face because Of
the fact that the Spa0iards in exploding
the mines had misjudged the position OF
i the flagship As il was, tremendous vol
umcs 90 water were hurled into the air
But there was no hesitation Dewey evil
IDENTIFY had no fear of the mines. lie sig
nailed the ships to steam ahead and In a
moment he was within range OF the guns
al The batteries at Cavtte by this time the
Spanish gunners had got the range and
the shells began bursting close aboard.
Flagship the Target.
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