Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1898-05-12

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.,ords Killed and About Five
wounded-Eisht Amer
..ns Receive slight Wounds
. or Destroy tie Spanish
49,. Were Dewey's Orders, and
ear Hours After Entering the
nav Nothing Remained to BE
Done.
X Paul, May 10.-The following ac-
mi Of the battle of Manila, taken
y0m the Pioneer Press, vas written
The New York Herald's special cor
soondent, who witnessed the fight
the bridge of the flagship
tympia:
Manila. May mot Ii Spanish flag
d in Manila bay today. Not one
Iauish warship floats except as our
Ne. More than 200 Spanish dead
IA 800 TO 700 wounded attest to the
slracy of the American fire. Com
Olore Dewey attacked the Spanish
bsts at Cavite this morning. He
ept five times along the line and
bred one of the most brilliant sue
Rsses in Modern warfare. That our
IS tritiing adds 10 the pleasure OF
etory without ~detracting from its
lue Tie number of hits our vessels
ceiyed proved how brave and stub
brn was the defense made by the
banish forces. Miraculous as ii may
bpear, none Of u men We're killed,
4 only eight wounded. Those who
Ire wounded suffered only slight in
ries. Commodore Dewey arrived off
1anlla bay last night and decided to
Tier the bay at once. With all lights
the squadron
teamed Into BocnGranje
Eth crews at guns. II was just 8
FLOCK, a bright, moonlight night; but
flagship passed Corregidor island
fth0ut a sign being given that the
baniards were aware of its approach.
until the flagship was a mile be-
tnd Corregidor was a gun fired. Then
heavy shot went screaming over
Raleigh and the Olympia, followed
a second, which fell further astern.
be Raleigh, the Concord and the Bos-
b replied, the COncord'S shells explod-
y apparently exactly inside the shore
Rttery, which fired no more. Our
uadr0n slowed down To barely steer
e way, land the men were allowed
sleep alongside their guns. Commo-
re Dewey had timed our arrival Sc
at we were within five miles of the
or Manila at daybreak. We sight
Tue Spanish squadron, Rear Ad-
efai Montejo commanding. off Cayite
Forounced kaveetay. with the ac-
PIT on the "yee"p. Here the Span
fds had q well equipped navy yard
He'd Cavite arsenal. Admiral Monte
) nag was flying on the 3,500-ton
o'ected cruiser Reina Christina. The
Otected cruiser Castillo. Of $500 tons.
moored ahead, and astern, to the
! battery and to seward, were the
Users Don Juan de Austria, Don
llonlo de Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, Isla de
ZION, Qniros, Marquis del Onero aud
~ Lezox. These ships and the flag
Y remained under way during most
the action. With the
United states Flag Flying
al their ~mastheads, our ships moved
Tue attack in line ahead with a
Fu u eight knots, first passing in
Pnt oi Manila. where the action was
gun by three batteries mounting
~ powerful enough to send n shell
~ US at a distance of five miles.
ooncord's guns doomed out a re
% these batteries with two shots.
mofe were fired, because Commo-
DeWey could not engage with
: batteries without SEEMING death
obstruction into the crowded city.
We heared Cavite two very power
submarine mines were exploded
sau Oh The flagship. This was six
aa.es past 5 O'Clock. The Spaniards
'uenuy had misjudged our position.
uense volumes of water were
wi nigh In the air by these de-
.'efs' out no harm was done to our
Few minutes later the shore
ely on Cavite point sent over the
sup a shot that nearly hit a'bat-
III MANILA, but soon the guns got
1ange and shells began to strike
= Us or burst close aboard from
pa'.eries and the Spanish vessels,
ea. was Intense. Men stripped
~ ~ .neir clothing except trousers.
"e olympia drew nearer the ship
~ silent as II empty. except for the
VI blowers and the throb Of en-
M. suddenly. as a shell burst'd a.
over US, q hoarse cry came from
%. and
"Hen.smber the Maine"
rom 300 men at the guns. The
[,s, s was caught. Up In the
and nre rooms below, wherever
(suan or fireman stood at his post,
aaalper the Maine!" had rung out
aenance and revenge. The utter.
eelhed unprecedented, but was
n y In every mans mind, and
no una the moment had come to
auequate reply to the murder Of
Ii, nes crew, every man shouted
a IN his heart. The Olympia