The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1898-05-12

st. Paul, May 1O.-The following &C.
count Of the battle Of Manila, taken
from the Pioneer Press, was written
by the New York Herald's special cor
respondent, who witnessed the fight
from the bridge Of the flagship
Olympia:
Manila, May Mot one Spanish flag
flies in Manila bay to-day. Not one
Spanish warship floats except as our
prize. More than 200 Spanish dead
and 500 to 700 wounded attest to the
accuracy Of the American fire. Com
modore Dewey attacked the Spanish
posts at Cavite this morning. He
swept five times along the line and
scored one Of the most brilliant sue
cesses in Modern warfare. That our
loss IS trif1ing adds to the pleasure OF
victory without detracting from it's
value. The number of hits our vessels
received proved how brave and Stub
porn was the defense made by the
Spanish forces. Mira culOus as it NAV
appear, none OF our men were killed,
and only eight wounded. Those who
were wounded suffered only slight in
1urles. Commodore Dewey arrived off
Manila bay last night and decided to
enter the bay at once. With all lights
out the squadron
Steamed Into Bocasrande
with crews at guns. It was Just 8
O'Clock, bright, moonlight night; but
the flagship passed Corregidor island
without a sign being given that the
Spanlards were aware of it's approach.
Not until the flagship was a mile be-
You'd Corregidor was gun fred. Then
one heavy shot went Screaming over
the Raleigh and the Olympia, followed
by a second, which fell further astern.
The Raleigh, the Concord and the Bos-
ton replied, the Concord's shells explod-
Ing apparently exactly inside the shore
battery, which fred no more. Our
squadron slowed down to barely steer
age way, land the men were allowed
to sleep alongside their guns. Commo-
dore Dewey had timed our arrival Sc
that we were within five miles Of the
city Of Manila at daybreak. We sight
ed the Spanish squadron, Rear Ad-
| miral Montejo commanding, off Cavite
pronounced Kaveetay, with the ac-
cent on the "vee'). Here the Span
iards had we'll equipped navy yard
called Cavite arsenal. Admiral Monte
JOS flag was flying on the $500 ton
protected cruiser Reina Christina. The
protected cruiser Castillo, of 5000 tons,
was mcored ahead, and astern, to the
port battery and to seward, were the
cruisers Don Juan de Austria, Don
Antonio de Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, Isla de
Il ~
Gen. Lezox. These ships and the flag
ship remained under way during most
of the action. With the
United States Flag Flying
at all their mastheads, our ships moved
| to the attack in line ahead with a
speed of eight knots, first passing in
front of Manila, where the action was
begun by three batteries mounting
guns powerful enough to send shell
over us at distance Of five miles.
| The Concord's guns doomed out a re-
ply to these batteries with two shots.
No more were fired, because Commo-
dore Dewey Gould not engage with
| these batteries without SEEMING death
and destruction into the crowded city.
AS we neared Cavite two very power
| full submarine mines were exploded
ahead of the flagship. This was six
minutes past o'clock The eSpaniards
evidently had misjudged our. position.
Immense volumes of water were
thrown high in the air by these de-
| stroyers, but@nos harm was done to our
| ship. A few minutes, later the shore
| battery on Cavite point sent over the
| flagship a shot that nearly hit bat
! terry in Manila, but soon the guns got
better range and shells began to strike
, near us or burst close aboard from
both batteries and the Spanish vessels.
| The heat was intense. Men stripped
| off all their clothing except trousers.
AS the Olympia drew nearer the ship
grew silent as if empty, except for the
whirl of blowers and the throb of en-
| gines. Suddenly, as a shell burst d.
rectly over us, a hoarse cry came from
the bosun's mate at an after five-inch
| gun. and n.
"Ren.ember the Mnine:"
rose from 500 men at the guns. The
watchword was caught Up in the
turrets and fire rooms below, wherever
a seaman or fireman stood at his post
| Remember the Maine!' had rung out
for defiance and revenge The utter
ance seemed unprecedented, but was
evidently in every mans mind, and
| now that the moment had come to
make adequate reply to the murder OF
the Names crew, every man shouted
what was in his heart The Olympia
Prisoners of War in Custody.