Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1898-05-13
\ Graphic Description Of One Of the
Most Remarkable Naval Battles
In History.
Written By a Herald Correspondent Who
Stood by the Side Of Dewey All
Through the Battle.

r Manila, Philippine Islands, May i,
hHongkong, May Not one Spanish
dag flies in Manila bay to-day. Not
one Spanish warship floats except as
our prize.
More than two hundred Spanish dead
and five hundred to seven hundred
wounded attest to the accuracy Of the
American fire.
Commodore Dewey attacked the
Spanish posts at Cavite Il is morning
He swept five times along the line and
/ scored one Of the most brilliant sue
cesses in modern warfare. That our
4. loss il trifing adds to the pleasure Of
victory without detracting from it's
value. The number Of hits our vessels
received proved how brave and Stub
born was the defense made by the
Spanish forces.
sNiraculous as it may appear, none OF
= men were killed, and only eight
ra1hded. Those who were wounded
Suffered only slight injuries.
Commodore Dewey arrived off Manila
bay last night and decided to enter the
Il bay at once.
With all it's lights out the squadron
steamed into Bocagrande with crews
at guns. This was the order of the
squadron. which was kept during the
whole: time of the first battle: The
q flagship Olympia, the Baltimore. the
Raleigh, the Petrol, the Concord and
the Boston.
It was just o'clock, . bright, moon
light night; but the flagship passed
Corregidor island without sign being
5 given that the Spaniards were aware OF
/ It's approach.
Not until the flagship was q mile
beyond Corregidor was a gun fired.
Then one heavy shot went screaming
over the Raleigh and the Olympia, fol-
i lowed by second, which fell further
astern.
e The Raleigh, the Concord and the
Boston replied, the Concord's shells ex-
s ploding apparently exactly inside the
lafpre battery, which fred no more.
= dr squadron slowed down to barely
stSerage way, and the men were allowed
to sleep alongside their guns.
Commodore Dewey had timed our
arrival so that we were within five
miles Of the city Of Manila at day
break.
We then sighted the Spanish squad
ron, Rear Admiral Montejo command
ing, off Cavite pronounced Kaveetay,
with the accent on the '.vee".) Here
the Spaniards had well equipped navy
yard called Oavite Arsenal.
Admiral Montejo's flag was flying on
the s,5OO-ton protected cruiser Reina
Christina. The protected cruiser Cas-
i ,tilla, OF. 8, 200 tons, was moored ahead,
and astern, to the port battery and to
seaward, were the cruisers Don Juan
de Austria, Don Antonio de Ulloa,
Isla de Cuba, lsla de Luzon, Quiros,
Marquis del Onero and General Lezox.
These ships and the flagship remained
under way during most Of the ac-
tion.
With the United States flag flying at
Al their mastheads, our ships moved to
~ attack in line ahead. with speed
Eight knots fret pa sing in front of
Manila, where the action was begun by
three batteries mounting guns powerful
enough to send shell over us at dis
tance of five miles.
The Concord's guns doomed out q
renly to these batteries with two shots.
No more were fired, because Commo-
dore Dewey could not engage with
these batteries without sending death
and destruction into the crowded
city.
As we neared Cavite two very power
fnl submarine mines were exploded
ahead of the flagship. This was six
minutes past o'clock.
.xIEhe Spaniards evidently had mis-
4 dA our position. Immense volumes