Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-27

,f,~o on on the let drlftcd the rest
=, she flest With every gun bonded and
nr,,nsd' but xlssnt. Their orders wero
not 10 IRE on the walled CITY unless
~ ci,v fntteries opened. The Span
~ s.iterles remained sli-nt. too. ana
~. - ~ the ilcct was not engaged.
W.. oivrpin. Raleigh. Petrol and CAL
-. ,,.nt on pounding Ma.ate, the gun
Nv. -, n the Utah BAKERY hammered
ns.,y and the First Colorado In the
srr,ebes win the artillery sent IN vol-
lev after vOlley. -. ,,,, A.,
The fleet was partially hluuen IN
- ~ emoke that was weighted
s ,.'a and kept in place BY Hight
~, and over the fort that was tar
Wv. a., hundreds OF guns hung another
,,,,attv heavy cioud. The eject OF tho
a. 80. terrific The walls OF the fort
-. ,,rn down. buildings were de-
s,,,,,,.d nv exploding shells and the
t,escn and road were plowcd up. The
spanish made ~ reply 70 the hre Of
,be fect. and the bomhnrdment lacked
The dash and excitement Of an engaEe-
ment. At 1915 o'clock an Tour SHIPS
had tho range perfectly ana were mnk-
Inc Maintc md Us envliuns too hot
~ tbe epanlnh. who commenced TO
rettre Greene at once began ndvanc-
lnv along the beach. aud when the
iaek fairs made out the little brown
column. with ils bright banners wav-
tnf. above Il, they broke into cheer.
~ 1880 o'clock Dewey sigualod to
rtop firing, and n few minutes later
Major ThompFln'a signal station on
shore slgnaicd to nsk that IRE he Kept
on the fort at Malate, az the American
tr,1ops had occupied II. The signal had
hardly been read before an American
nag went TO the top OF the stan N tho
forf aud there was another cheer from
Tho Watching fleet. The Callan was
reut close In shore to cover the ad-
vance of the American troops and tho
narship. followed by the Raleigh ana
Petrol. steamed up the bay to a point
opposite the walled city. The flagship
slowed down on the Lunctn and raised
tho international signal. "Dp you sur
ronderg" ~ was just n o'cNck. and
tho guns 81 tho olympia. Monterey.
baltimore. 1ioaton, Charleston. Raleigh.
Petrol. Concord AMI Mccullough were
trained on the city batteries. All were
In easy range and all were ready.
IL was nm anxious moment for tho
die must be- quickly east. True 60 his
nature the spnniard was Tor procras-
tlnntlon and g. the top N the signaling
stan on the walls ~ the city went n
request for n conference. II was de
cldcd TO give Hnudcncn one and Dewey
selected Flag Lieutenant Brumhy nv
hiB representative and Merritt. who
Ind watched the progress Of the ilght
from the Zanro. delegated General
whittier NJ his. Tho two officers were
taken ashore In the launch Of Belgian
Consul Andrea. which. under n fns "
truce. had lowered about the fleet all
through the morning. waiting for the
conference Of surrender. Irumby ana
whittier were Hut met at the landing
~ Na.H a. fss
effort 60 yet Into the walled city be-
fore they connected with couple u
carriages that had been tardily sent
o. meet them. They were escorted In
ana held "a lengthy conference that
was not decisive and noccssitatcd a
further reference 10 General Merritt.
The three commands In position were
part OF The brigade " Gen. Macarthur
and were sent against hlnrkh1uac No.
10. Thcy advanced from the Unr. end
% the ilsny ROAD and u was with the
grentost difficulty that she guns wsna
got Into position. ono hf.tary u Utah
artillery had advanced alan AMI got In
20 position mrs.. The muuuiaineers
opened IRE and were sending IN she'll
hot and fisi waen the New Workers got
lnto pnsfinn. Both found the range
very quickly ana ccntered n terrible
nre on thc sturdy Flne house and the
trenches and rifle pits around ~. The
Infantry novel M quickly ana added
the force of a series ~ wrii-iirc -ied
volltys 10 the storm ~ shen that cen-
tsrcd among she fqanlfh.
Tho nFht there ala NOT last long. The
Srnnah made spirited reply, hut
wnen fectf1ra % The bllckhnuse came
iumbllng down on their heads c1nrlud-
cd u was time 10 leave. The retreat
was along the road leading slngai1n
ana through che swamps and Junglcs
fhit skirt u on shhnr eide. Tho fpan-
ith retreat was followed by an immedi-
ate advance. hvi ihe battery cauM onlv
make poor pr0grsN. The men had ~
lraR thelr guns along after them and
they mred every few rods. the wheels
sank 20 she hubs and q seemed a hone.
loss task. The men were NOT 10 he
stayed, however. ana pressed on. They
were M aware % the position a ne
spanish and ana not care. Thdr ubise.
rive WIS Atanln ana onward thsy
pressed A. quickly a. they could DRAG
their cannon.
After singaion san been strmeJ
MarNrlhura advance guard nltlrmishsi
~ way into Erulin, which immegi,ssiy
ndioinf the walled city on shn sotfh
on we fiEht the lighting began with
hflNy nrinE from sho front ana rlglrl.
INC uiah hariory openei the battle
ther ana sent hall % shan and
hrlpne! mo Manila. Tho First colo.
faho. which al.o occupied she trench
-, opened simultaneously ana sont
vellcy upon voley IN along with mo
fael4i OF the fioet and Held pieces.
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