Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-09-16
ON THE WAY TO MANILA.
Continued from Third Page.

Sunday, July 31.-This morn
ing we can see land again. 1t is
comparatively smooth, considering
what it was yesterday. 1t is rain
ing every half hour or so, and
when it rains, it rains plentifully.
At IL m. we we're off the entrance
of Manila bay. The entrance is
about six miles wide. The cliffs
rise straight up from the waters
edge. They are covered with
green and fog. At 3:45 we were
at anchor, right in the middle of
the fleet of warships, troopships,
golfers and sunken Spanish gun
boats. We are anchored off Ca
vite about 2 miles or SO. As we
were entering the harbor we came
in range of the guns in
Manila, and the Charleston
came out to protect us. We also
saw smoke rising from the city.
There is quite foreign fleet there.
AS we were coming to our anchor
age we passed two launches having
in tow two long boats filled with
sailors. They flew the German flag
at half mast, and were probably
going to bury a sailor at Csvite.
After anchoring we heard the
news, viz: That the smoke we
saw was from part of Manila
burning; the insurgents fought
battle with the Spanish and set
part of the town sblsze but were
afterward repulsed, they have a
fight most every day, our boys are
strongly entreuched near the city;
we expect to land tomorrow; that
Sampson had won a big battle;
that Watson was going over to
Spain; that the Spanish Cadiz
fleet, was returning home and that
Hawaii was probably annexed.
Hurrah ! There are five Spanish
gun boats sunk in sight of US, with
others sunk around. All the trans.
ports are still here. The Monterey
and Brutus have not come into
port. The bay OF Manila is very
wide. The navy yard buildings and
such are large and come down to
the waters edge. The scene is
very pretty. There are two towers
which loom up in the back ground
their purpose | do not know.
Monday, Aug. l, 1898. - Last
night the insurgents didn't do a
thing but have scrap. We
could see the flashes of can
on most all the night.
The firing we saw last night was
between the Spaniards and Cali
fornia boys. California boys are
in monastery, with holes cot in
the walls to fire through. Their
support and reserves are in
trenches about 300 yards in the
rear. California boys fired on the
Spanish. Spanish returned, but
ohot over monastery and killed
one captain and six men in
trenches, % wounded.
That German squsbble about
month ago is o. X. Germans
we're told where to anchor, but
every chance they got they moved
nearer to the city. Dewey told
them to move back to where he
had put them or else he would
give them five minutes to fight.
August 24.-Last night we were
ordered to put all lights out at 3
p. m. as they wanted to give us
all the protection possible. They |
were fighting again. They say |
that there are 10000 Spaniard |
soldiers of which 5000 are in the
hospital; 1900 rebels armed.
The line in battle of the Idaho
troops is the extreme right wing
of the first division of the first
brigade. If there is a battle they
will be the first to get it. Last
night, three men of the Utah
light battery had their
Threats cut by Spanisrds.
They were out doing patrol duty.
Some officer went ashore at Cavite,
and they say that the fort and |
other hOuses are like the ton of a |