Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-08-18
FIGHTING LASTED ONLY A SHORT
TIME.
HEROIC FIRST COLORADO
1t Led the Stormiug Party and Drove
the Spaniards Out of Their Trench
eS, Back into Walled City-Dewey's
Fleet BombardS the Fortiications
for TWO Hours,

surrender, at the time Of his demand,
made saturday, Gen. August re-
fused TO comply, The bombardment,
which began at $3.50 a. M, was con
tinued two hours and then the Amer
leans stormed the trenches, sweeping
all before them. Those within the
walls attempted no resistance. The
LIST Colorado volunteers stormed the
outer trenches and drove the Span
iards into their second line of defen-
SEES. Then the American troops swept
on, driving all the Spaniards into the
inner fortitications, where the Span
ish commander, seeing that turtner
resistance was useless, hoisted the
white flag and surrendered. The
losses of the Americans and Spanish
are not yet known, The Spaniards
in the trenches probably numbered
5000 men. The American attacking
force numbered 10000 and the Amer
leans were better armed, better
trained and in better condition. The
foreign fleets watched the lombard
ment with acute interest. The Amer
lean warships engaged were the Olym-
pia, Petrol, Raleigh, McCulloch, Bos-
ton, Monterrey, Charleston and Bal
timore. The Spaniards assert that
the fire of the Americans for the
most part was all short, their only
effective fire being from a
small gunboat armed with quick
firing guns that was close in shore,
It was also asserted by the Sraniards
tina, The americans lost heavily in
storming. owing to the faulty con-
which the Spaniards could command
from the heights and upon which
they pour d gall NJ fire, = The
spanish II nch extended around Manila
from a dis ance of from two to + ,ur
miles from the walled city, forming
and it was imp }ssible, the Spaniards
say, to hold 50 long line against the
American attack. Dewey and Mer-
rift it is rep rted had issued or ers
to spare all except the armed deGenses
f the city, and consequently the town
damaged Some street fighting be-
tween the insurgents and Spaniards
occurred on the outskirts but order
prevail ed within the walled section.
The American version of the battle
is not yet obtainable. August, for
mer captain general of the Philip
pines, will start for Madrid today by
German mail steamer.
Consul General Wildman yesterday
l eceived a report from Dewey saying
i; was Intended after the capture of
Mani a to ispatch a cruiser on
August IA to lloilo AMI Cebu to accept
III sur! ender of those ports, and also
to send cruisers to Port Royalist, in
Talawan, to capture the Spanish gun
bCats hiding there. Another ship
vas 10 be detailed to capture the
span sh steamers plying between
Labuan and Ilolo. Four Spanish
sunboals at Bataan, in Panay, were
also to H., captured Consul Wild
man says that should the vessels
have left before the arrival at
Va lila Ct the British steamer AutraIll
which was char re to carry the
icWs Cf the gninE of the protoco
and co sat on Of hcstjilies 10 that
place, it viii be an impCss bility 10
recall The sells In three weeks.
Monday a dcpulatiGh OF Hong Kong
! filipino, headed by Agorcillo, high
mmiss on and ambassador of tho
ihilippine provisional government,
wa ted upon WildmaE and congrat-
uiated him on bahalf ( Aguinallo
upon the splendid success OF the
Amer can arms in the Philippines
ard the happy termination If the
war in favor Of Amci lea They re-
quested Wildman to wire President
Mckinley their congratulations and
assurance Of their legiance and ex-
preston Of their hope that the Fill.
ipincs will be repres ented OH the
Philippine commission. Ag2noillo
On behalf # the F.l,pinos, expressed
The desire that Wlldman be appointnd
on the commission.
American Humanity Praised.
London, Aug. II. The Manila
correspondent of the Daily Telegraph.
in telegrdphing Saturday, says
Nothing could be more humane than
The Americans captur Of the town.
Merritt and Dewey's plan was To
/; pare every cbjsc. bu. armed def noes
and the trenches. Apparently ths
American losses are extrtm siy small.
The attacking force numbered from
10 900 TO 10000 natives and 10000
Americans On shore and aboard the
feet. In every respect the advantage
was on the side Of the a tack. The
American field guns threw heavier
metal and had a longer range than
those OF the Spanish. the marksman-
hip OF the Unitel States gunners
Leirg much superior 10 that of the
Sraniards, and the men stronger and
in better condition. Looking oser
tie bay, it was curious to notice that
the foreign fleets arranged themselves
according to their syn pathies. Eng
land and the Japanese were near the
a americans and the Germans and
French weYs N the opposite sides Ct
the pay north OF the passig river.