The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1898-05-14
VICTORY A? MANILA !!

A Detailed Account of the
Great Naval Battle in the
Philippine Islands.
Joseph l.. Stickney, formerly Il Lieut.
Commander, United States Navy, and
special correspondent Of the New York
Herald on Commodore Dewey,S flagship
Olympia furnishes the following account
of the attack on Manila His dispatch is
dated May |. via Hong Kong May {.
and is as follows
Not one Spanish flag flies in Manila bay
today. Not one Spanish warship floats
except as our prize.
More than two hundred Spanish dead
and five hundred to seven hundred wound
ed attest to the accuracy Of the American
fire
Commodore Dewey attacked the Spanish
position at Cavite this morning. He swept
five times along the line and scored one of
the most brilliant successes in modern war
fare.
That our loss is trifing adds to the pleas
ure of victory without detracting from its
value The number of hits our vessels re-
ceived proved how brave and stubborn was
the defense made by the Spanish forces
Miraculous as it may appear, none OF
our men was killed and only eight were
wounded. Those who were wounded suf-
fered only slight injuries.
THE AMERICANS WOUNDED.
The following are the names Of the
wounded, all of the cruiser Baltimore
+. W. Kellogg, lieutenant
\. L. Irwin, ensign.
Michael j. Buddinger, enlisted man
Robert l.. Barlow, enlisted man.
Richard P. Covert, enlisted man.
William O Keefe, enlisted man.
Rosario Ricciardelli, enlisted man.
Edward Snel grove, enlisted man.
All the wounded are but slightly injured.
THE LINE OF BATTLE.
Commodore Dewey arrived off Manila
bay last night and decided to enter the bay
at once.
With all its lie hts out, the squadron
steamed into Bocasrande channel, with
crews at the guns This was the order of
the squadron, which was kept during the
whole time of the first battle
The flagship Olympia.
The Baltimore.
The Raleigh.
The Petrol.
The Concord.
The Boston.
1t was just o clock, IA bright moonlight
night, but the flagship passed Corregidor
Island without a sign being given that the
Spaniards were aware of its approach,
THE FIRST SPANISH SHOT FIRED.
Not until the flagship was mile beyond
Corregidor was Il gun fred. Then one
heavy shot went screaming over the Ra-
leigh and the Olympia. followed by sec
ond which fell far astern.
The Raleigh, the Concord and the Bos
ton replied, the Concord shells explod
ing, apparently, exactly inside the shore
battery, which fired no more. Our squad
ron slowed down to barely steerage way
and the men were allowed to sleep along
side their guns.
Commodore Dewey had timed our ar
rival so that we were within five miles of
the city of Manila at daybreak.
We then sighted the Spanish squadron,
Real Admiral Montejo, commanding, off
Cavits, pronounced Kahveetay, with ac
cent on the ''vee. } Here the Spaniards
had well-equipped navy yard called Ca
vite arsenal
Admiral Montejo's flag was flying on the
3, 500 ton protected cruiser Reina Girls
tina. The protected cruiser Castillo, of
3, POO tons, was moored ahead, and astern
to the port battery and to seaward were
the cruisers Don Juan de Austria, Don
Antonio de Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, Isla de
Luzon, Quiros Marquis del Duero and
General Lezo. These ships and the flag
ship remained under way during most of
the action.
SHIPS BEGIN THE ATTACK.
With the United States flag flying at all
their mastheads, our ships moved to the
attack in line ahead, with speed of eight
knots, first passing in front of Manila,
where the action was begun by three
batteries mounting guns powerful enough
to send shell over us at distance of five
miles
The Concord guns doomed cut a re-
ply to these batteries With two shots No
more were fired because Commodore
Dewey could not engage with these bat
teries without sending death and deStruc-
ton into the crowded city.
SPANISH EXPLODE TWO MINES.
AS we neared Cavite two very powerful
submarine mines were exploded ahead of
the flagship This was at six minutes
past . O clock
The Spaniards evidently had misjudged
our position Immense volumes of water
were thrown high in the air by these de-
stroyers but no harm was done to our ships
Commodore Dewey had fought with Far
ragut at New Orleans and Mobile bay,
where he had his first experience with tor
pedoes. Not knowing how many more
mines there might be ahead, he still kept
on without faltering No other mines ex-