Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-06-09
GOOD NEWS FROM DEWEY
Spanish Troops About Msniia Being
Dirposcd OF by tho rn-urg~nts<
~~.rsy To. rs..~~.a >-.tssrT- .~s ~~~r~s
sf oue-r- rsk-. rFs--.-r- nurs.a
May rlsst. w0ht- tas
the Fsss M~~A.

hH~ ts>t W~~s=
W s~HfNsruN. June AFTER a long
line ~ conflicting rumorS - naval en-
ragrmrnt-. IN. landing Of trr-ip~ aud
such matters a, the navy department.
there came at the clos- of the day me
important hat - news incorporated In .
rrp"rt frpm ADMIRAL Dewey II import
ant snrrr.s achieved by the insurgents
AZ Manila. which the navy department.
pasted. a. f,iiaws.
admiral Dewey r~por'S that the IN
sargvnts have been artivriy engaged
vithin the provinv~ II Cavit- during
the past week. They have won several
Victories and taken prisoner ai'uui
"a men and hftv officers ~ the
spanish trsop-. not native. The ar
~cnal AZ Cavite has hc~n prepared for
ocrupatiun bv the United states truops
upon their arrival ON transport
ass~ tsr~.t R~si-f.
Tn. officials have b-cn more anxious
than they cared a. b-tray o. "a Admiral
D-w~ys condition. They w-rr uot
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| gaining ground that tn. admiral had
not maintained the same measures 70
~ue'-r-s in his OPERATIONS at Manila hay
| that accompanied Ia. first effort. Now
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h"nr- hni4t on the general 1ih"s OF 'he
NinP"i'ri'"' sue has o'''"r shgin"s anu
more power 'h"n that monitor >he
arfi"S n'ur t"-'hfh guns IN wv" tnrrels'
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Monterey without r.pleuishinp her coal
supply. vet her capacity is to-, small Ia
permit her la make the passage from
Honolulu a. tn. Philippines unaisiesi.
With these two monitors. Admiral
Dewey will be able Ia tal.. care of him
self even II the Cadiz fleet, so much
talked of, arrives
The monitors. at their maximum.
draw only IL feet IT watcr. or 10 fr-t
less than the spanish battirship Peiayo.
and therefore woald be- able Ia pick
their position in the shallow water.
where tn. spanish battleships could not
possibly reach them, and hammer away
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