The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-05-13

256 wounded SpanlardS as prisoners,
Am not in serious need of anything at present
,tecing Spanish sick and wounded. Two hundred and
much excitement at Manila viii protect foreign resi-
gh Secretary Long. \
and your officers aud for your splendid achievement
ana viii Recommend " S0's = 'nAlA long. =
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ing exactly distance while had to guess theirs
Their ships and shore guns making things hot for us
The piercing of shot varied often by the
bursting of time fuse shells fragments OF which would
lash the water like shrapnel or hull and rigging
One large shell that coming strsight ut the
oympas forward bridge fortunately fell within less than
100 feat One fragment cut the rigging exactly over
the heads of Lamberton and Ress.
Another struck the bridge gratngs in line with it
hole in the deck Incidents like these were plentiful
The naturally chafed at being exposed without
returning fire from all our guns but laughed at danger
not help but doaging. mechanically. when shells would
burst right them aboard would strike the
and pass overhead with the peculiar sputterlng
roar made by tumbling riaed proiectile.
Still the flagship seered for the center OF the Spanish
line and other ships asern, the Olympia re.
ceived most of the Spaniards attention
Owing to the deep draught Commodore Dewey fe af
Yards and run parallel to the Spanish column.
"Open with all the guns ne said and the ship brought
her port broadside bearing.
The of all the hagshps fve-lnch rapidhrers was
followed by deep dispason of her turret
Soon our other vessels were equally hard at work
and it could that the shells making Cavte
Harbor hotter for the Spanards than they had made the
Projected by their shore batteries and made safe from
close attack by shallow the Spaniards in
strong position They put up gallant fight.
The Spanish ships sailing back and forth behind
the Castillo and their fire, too, was hot
One shot struck the Baltimore and passed clean
through her fortunately hitting Another ripped
up her main deck, disabled inch gun and exploded
box of FOUNDER ammunition woundng eight men.
cbo ich
The signal halyards were cut from Lieutenant Brum
bys hand the after bridge she'll entered the Dos
TOMS port quarter burst in Ensign Dodrdges state
room starting hot fire, and fire was also caused by
shell which burst in the port hammock netting Both
these fires quickly put out Another shell passed
through Bostons foremost just IN front OF Capt
Wildes on the bridge =,
finding the chart incorrect Lieutenant Cakns the Oym
pas navigator told the Commodore he believed ne could
the depth Of water The flagship started the
for the tme running within 600 yards OF the Span
sh vessels
the storm of shells poured upon the unfortunate Spanish
began to show marked results
their fire sackened.
On finishing this run Commodore Dewey decided to
give the men breakfast they had been at the guns TWO
hours with only cup of coffee to sustain them Action
ceased temporarily at 735 o'clock the other ships passing
the flagship and cheering Justly.
until o'clock when the signal for close action again
went up The Baltimore had the place of honor IN the
before.
The spaniards replied very slowly and the conmo
dore sgnaled the Raleigh the Boston, the concord ana
the Perel to go inner harboran destroy all the
By her light draught the little Petrol enabled to
move within 1000 yards Here firing swiftly but accu-
ratey she commanded everything still flying the Spanish
flag.
Other ships we're also doing their whole duty and soon
not one red and yellow ensign remained aloft except on
battery up the coast
The Spanish flagship and the Castillo had long been
burning ercely the last vessel TO be abandoned was
the Don Antonio de Ulloa which urched over and sank
Then the Spanish flag on the arsenal staff was hauled
down and at halfpas ~ o'clock white flag hoisted
there Signal made to the Petrol to destroy all the
vessels the inner harbor and Lieutenant Hughes with
an armed boats crew FIRE to the Don Juan de Austria
the Marquis Fro, the Isa de Cuba and the Correo
The large transport Manila and many tug boats and
small craft fell into our hands.
Capture destroy Spanish squadron, were Dewey
orders Never were instructions more eectasly carried
action nothing remained to be doue