Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-18
rect list OF the Spanish vessels captured

rect isl Oh tne Spdnisn VESSELS captuieu
and destroyed:
five unprotected cruisers; one transport;
one serving vessel. both armed
"The following were captured-The
transport Manila and the gunboat Cal
lao"
PLANT FROM AUGUSTA.
MADRID, June lis p. M.-The fol-
lowing dispatch from Manila, signed by
Captain General Augusti. and dated June
18th, Is published officially:
1.-The grave situation set forth in my
dispatch of June Sth continues. Troops
are fighting on the line of block-houses,
which stops the enemy's advance.
"The enemy has been strengthened by
desertions of the native troops, which d.
minish our means Of resistance, and /
am compelled TO take refuge within the
walled city.
STILL CUT OFF.
Communication with the provinces is
stir cut. and ! do not know whether the
detachments there will be able to hold
out against a lack OF resources.
81 hope TO receive assistance from the
peninsula before our means of defence
are exhausted.
sPANIARDs HARRAssED TO DEATH
MANILA, June 6, via HONGKONG,
June There was concerted attack
last evening In every direction. The
Spaniards were informed of the lnsur-
gents intention to capture two maga-
zines outside the fortifications at Malate
and San Juan. They therefore concen-
trated their forces for a supreme effort,
and bombarded the jungle all night. The
insurgents captured Malabone and Calao
in the northern suburbs. The Spaniards
were thus outwitted, outgeneralled, and
harrassed to death.
During the previous night. owing to
misunderstanding. a squad OF Spanish
artiIIerymen stampeded from Malate into
Manila. causing immense CONSERVATION,
IL being believed that the insurgents
were stormng the city.
A Spanish officer commanding an out
post at San Juan left his men in charge
of a sergeant, came to town. and was
found helplessly drunk. 1t is reported
that he was sentenced to death.
6-inch gun at Malate while being
fired into the woods over the Spaniards
heads. fired a shot which struck tree
and killed several Spaniards.
GERMAN BUMPTIOUSNESs.
A story is current here this evening
to the effect that the captain and officers
of the German warshp Irene went 70
picnic on horseback TO the furthest out
post of San Juan, accompanied by the
highest Spanish staff officers They had
a champagne lunch and the captain of
the Irene is said to have made speech,
during which he declared that the Ameri-
cans will never annex the Philippine
Islands while William remains En-
peror,"
The Germans, II is further said, with
their Spanish hosts, might have been
killed by the insurgents. who had the
road 10 San Juan strongly ambushed.
But. IL is further asserted. the insur-
gents had orders to avoid giving pre-
text for German Intervention.
Finally, it is said the Germans pro-
posed to remove the wounded spanish
soldiers TO a hospital-ship under the Ger
man flag. but Admiral Dewey is reported
10 have replied that hitherto medical aid
had always been British, and Ii must so
remain.
GERMANS MEDDLESOME.
LONDON. June 1S.-The HongkonS cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
"There is an idea in Manila that the
Germans have something up their sleeve.
on this point my correspondent writes as
follows: THE Germans are disposed TO
be meddlesome here. Germans and Span
iards are very chummy, entertaining one
another at dinner parties, and walking
arm-in-arm everywhere. There Is no
question about how the British feel. They
are watching the Germans closely
sPANIARDS EXHAUSTED.
Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Press)
MANILA uhe s. via .iONGkONG
June 17.-There is intermittent firing on
the outskirts of the city in all directions
The Spaniards are utterly exhausted by
hunger, sleeplessness, and incessant
alarms. They have no information re-
garding the enemy's movements until
suddenly attacked. In the mean time,
they are in constant dread of the popu-
lace's rising and attacking them In the
rear. Beside this in every skirmish, di-
rectly the retreat begins, the native
troops desert.
NON-COMBATANTS UNFRAMED.
The insurgents avoid disturbing the
non-combatants, and English women and
children are living peacefully and un-
hurt in the zone Of hostilities.
FL Commercial has published supple
ment expatiating on "diabOlical cruelties
in the British Colonies" and predicting
similar tyranny in the Philippines, unless
the Powers intervene.
ALL SPANISH IN THE CITADEL.
Tonight almost all the Spanish civil
ians are inside the citadel, the troops are
manning the walls, and the antediiuvian
cannon and gunboats are guarding the
river.
Admiral Dewey has consented that the
Spanish merchant steamers should re-
move the nOn-combatants. The insur-
gents exchange signals with the Ameri-
cans day and night while the Spaniards
continue shooting at shadows, construct
ing works, and lining every road with
useless defences.
The banks to-day shipped $4,000, by
II. NJ $. Immortaite.
INSURGENT WARSHIPS, TOO.
LONDON, June ia special dispatch
from Madrid says that according to dis
patch Just received there from Hongkong,
four warships carrying the flag Of the
Philippine insurgents have appeared in
Manila Bay and attacked the city from
the sea, in combination with the insur-
gent forces on the land.