Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-05-09

their condition became worse and worse
until they were eventually burned to the
waters edge.
Inc Don Antonio de Ulloa made a most
magnificent show of desperate bravery.
When her commander found she was so
torn by the American shells that he could
not keep her atioat he nailed her colors to
the mast and she sank with all hands fight
ing to the last. Her hull was completely
riddied and her upper deck had been swept
clean by the awful fire of the American
ours, but the Spaniards, though their yes
seis' were sinking beneath them, continued
woIking the guRs On her lower deck until
she sank beneath the waters.
Torpedo Boats Attack.
During the engagement Spanish torpedo
boat crept along the shore and around the
offing III an attempt to attack the Ameri-
can storeships, but she was promptly dis
covered, was driven ashore and was actu-
ally shot to pieces.
The Mindanao had in the meanwhile been
run ashore to save her from sinking, and
the Spanish small craft had sought shelter
from he steel storm behind the break
water.
The battle. which was started at about
$50 am. and adjourned at $3.50 am. was
resumed about noon, when Commodore
Dewey started in to put the finishing
touches on his glorious work. There was
not much light left in the Spaniards by
That time. and at pm. the Petrol and
Concord had shot the Cavite batteries into
silence, leaving them heaps of ruins and
floating the white flag.
The Spanish gunboatS were then scut-
tied, the arsenal was ON fire and the ex-
piosion OF a Spanish magazine caused fur
Their mortality among the defenders of
Spain on shore.
ON the water the burning, sunken or de-
stroyed Spanish vessels could be seen, while
only the cruiser Baltimore had suffered in
any way from the fire of the enemy A
shot which struck her exploded some am
munition near one of her guns and slightly
wounded half a dozen of the crew.
Close Call for Dewey.
Several shots passed dangerously close to
Commodore Dewey. but little or no damage
was done on board the flagship.
On the other hand, about one hundred
and fifty men are said to have been killed
on board the Spanish ship, which was to-
tally destroyed. Admiral Montejo, the
Spanish commander, transferred his flag to
| the Isla de Cuba when his ship caught fire,
but the latter was destroyed also in due
The Reina Christina lost her captain. a
lieutenant, her chaplain and midshipman
! by enc shot. which struck her bridge
About one hundred men were killed and
| sixty wounded on board the Castillo. In
deed, some estimates place the number of
| Spanish wounded during the engagement
| at over a thousand men.
The Olympia was struck five times about
her upper works, and a whaleboat of the
Raleigh was smashed.
Although the Krupp guns on the espla-
| made of Manila were fired continuously dur
| ing the engagement, Commodore Dewey did
| not reply to them, and the battery after
| ward hoisted white flag in token of sur
| render.
| The terms of the equalization were still
| unsettled when the McCulloch left Manila
and it was said Commodore Dewey feared
rioting upon the part of the insurgents If
| he attempted a bombardment Of the re-
| manning Notifications at Manila
! The forts at the entrance of the bay were
dismantled. on Wednesday, after they had
| capitulated.
INJURED AT MANILA BAY,
List Called to the Navy Department
| by Admiral Dewey.