The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-20
SATURDAY, 1se
General Macarthur was Spanish bat

n Inc troops arrived in position on the
lines at $50 a. m. Four battalions OF
/ reserves held the Pasay road. and the
| general reserve, five full battalions
/ back of General Greene held the terri
/ tory between the beach md the Manila
read.
/ The monitor Monterey steamed slow
! ly across the bay in front of Manila.
| The flagship Olympia, the cruiser Raj
! efgh and the gunboat Petrol followed.
The enemy had two lines of entrench-
fnents in front of General Greene. Back
/ of these lines was Rio Cingalon, q small
! stream. Next beyond was the powder
magazine. an ancient fortress, mount
! ing one 6-inch gun. Immense sand bag
wells and trenches surrounded the fort
ress o.. the south and seaward sides.
General Anderson was in command of
the division, which was composed of
two brigades-
OLYMPIA OPENED FIRE.
Suddenly, at $3.50 a. m, the Olympia
opened fire with her starboard 5-inch
guns, al a range of 1000 yards. The
troops cheered and waved their hats.
The first shots fell short, but again and
again the guns roared, and the projec-
tiles fell closer and closer to the
enemys stronghold.
The Raleigh and Petrol. covered with
and six-inch guns at $500 yards. Shell
after shell burst in the fort and drove
the SpaniarGs panic-stricken toward
Manila. Every shot was marked by
debris hurled high in the air. Soon
the enemy deserted the trenches in
front of General Greene, but ran off to
the right into the bamboo swamps.
Two shots from the battery in the mag
azine was the only reply given to the
fPaf'C
The gunboat Callao and the launch
Barcelo advanced within 1000 yards
and began sending a deadly hail from
their rapid-fire and machine guns. By
this time the fortress was deserted. and
the fleet was signaled to cease firing.
COLORADO'S CHARGE.
Then the orders to advance were
given. The Colorado troops formed in
column, with their flag flung to the
breeze, and dashed into the Rio Gin
gallon, wading waist deep. The Cali
fornians followed
The enemy's Mausers began to crack
in the bushes in front and on the left,
but the shooting was wild. The Colo
RADIO men ran up to the fort and took
possession. Private Phoenix climbed
TO the ramparts and pulled down the
Spanish flag, and as he was raising the
American standard was shot dead.
Tdereupon Sergeant Richard G..
Holmes seized the flag and ran it up
on the pole.
The Colorado, Californians and the
Eighteenth infantry drove the Span
iards through the streets of Malate.
The enemy threw away guns and am
munition in the flight. Their trenches
were filled with Mauser cartridges.
The troops followed them, capturing
the IuQetta battery and chasing the
enemy into the walled city: General
Greene passed around the NAILED city
and took Binondo on the n&thFside of
the Pasig river, where he Established
his headquarters.
Meanwhile General MacArthur's
brigade, over on the right wing, was
having the severest kind of fighting.
UTAH BATTERY OPENED.
Two guns of the Utah battery. opened
on block house No. IA and soon knocked
it into splinters. Then the troops adj
vaRced TOW ards the city, the Aston bat
terry IN the lead, and, as previously de-
scribed, had the hottest fighting of the
day at the junction of the Cingalon
road.
The Spanish soon retreated, and Gen
eral Macarthur entered the city and
established headquarters in Malate.
The insurgents followed up the ad-
vance of our troops. An attempt was
made TO keep them out of the city, but
it was found impossible. Thousands en-
tered in companies, took possession of
empty houses and began pillaging.
Malate and Ernita, the fashionable
residence district, were deserted. The
troops scattered and stopped the in
pillaging as far as possible,
but complaints continue to come in.