Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-08-17

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Manila cor
respondent of The Daily Telegraph, tel
egraphing Saturday, says:
Nothing could be more humane than
the Americans capture of the town.
General Merritt's and Admiral Dewey's
plan was to spare every object but the
armed defenses and the trenches. APP
parently the American losses were ex-
tremely small. The Spanish entrench-
ments varied i'll point of distance from
two to four miles from the center of
Old Manila
Defending this long line of at least
ten lilies were not over, and probably
uuaer, 5000 Spanish regular troops,
volunteers and natives. About half
that number were in the hospital. 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 attack. The American field guns
threw heavier metal and had longer
range than the Spanish, the marksman-
ship of the United States gunners was
much superior to that of the Spaniards,
and the men were stronger and in bet
ter condition
'"The Spaniards are small race COM
pared with their staiwart opponents,
and worn out by hundred days siege
and disappointed by the failure to ar
rive OF the promised Spanish relief
squadron, they had lost heart. 1t was
a hopeless struggle.
Cooking over the bay it was curious
to notice the foreign fleets arrange
themselves according to their sympa-
thies. The English and the japanese
were near the Americans and the Ger
mans and French on the opposite side
of the bay north of the Paslg river. The
British cruiser Immortalite and her
consorts kept fairly near the American
line. The attacking squadron formed
in line between Malate and Old Manila
with the Concord watching the fort at
the mouth OF the Pasig. The American
feet lay outside the breakwater.
'The Olympia fired the first shot at
$40 and fairly continuous, but by no
means furious, cannonade was kept up
until 11:20. BY that time the Malate
fort was silenced and the American
troops then stormed the intrenchments.
The Spaniards who were in the earth
works tell me that the quick firing guns
of the little gunboat Rapido, which lay
close to the shore, were far more terri
BILE i'll their effects than was the raking
fire of the ships.
Resistance to the American attack
was impossible. The First Colorado
regiment was the earliest to charge the
Spaniards, who retired to the second
line, but soon outnumbered, they were
forced into the old city A part of Ma
late suffered severely from the lombard
rnant Ihp Vauptpd mira do
lenses were not tried
1.-The Spanish commander, convinced
that further resistance was hopeless,
hoisted white flag at 11:30 and the
order to cease firing was : issued
in the center of the town, but in the
outskirts street fighting confined for
sometime afterward between the rebels
and Spaniards.
HONGKoNG, Aug. 17.-Further state
ments regarding the fighting at Manila
are that Admiral Dewey gave General
August an hour in which to surrender
at the tune of the last demand made on
Saturday. General August refused to
comply.
The bombardment, which began at
$3.50 a. M, was continued for two hours
and then the Americans stormed the
trenches, sweeping all before them.
Those within the walls attempted no
resistance. The First Colorado volun-
teers stormed the outer trenches and
drove the Spaniards into the second
line of defenses. Then the American
troops swept on, driving all the Span
iards into the inner Notifications. where
the Spanish commander, seeing that
further resistance was useless, hoisted
the white flag and surrendered.
The losses, American and Spanish,
are not yet known. The Spaniards in
the trenches probably numbered 5000
men. The American attacking force
numbered about 10000 and Americans
were better armed better trained and
in better condition.
The American warships engaged were
the Olympia, Petrol, Raleigh, McCul-
loch, Boston, Monterey, Charleston and
Baltimore
The Spaniards assert that the fire of
the Americans for the most part fell
short, the only effective fire being from
small gunboat, armed with quick fir
ing guns, that was close in shore. 1t is
also asserted by the Spaniards that
''the Americans lost heavily in the
storming, owing to the faulty construc-
ton of their entertainments, which the
Spaniards could command from the
Heights, and upon which they poured a
calling fire.
The Spanish trench extended around
Manila at diSteYN,a of from two to