Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-05-09
RESULT OF THE BATTLE

HONGKONG, May 9.-This is the re-
suit of the great fight in Manila bay:
Eleven Spanish ships destroyed.
Eight Spanish ships captured.
Four shore batteries at Cavite demol-
tshed.
Three forts at Corregidor island re-
duced.
Four hundred Spaniards killed.
Six hundred Spaniards wounded.
the amount of Ss5,000,OOO.
American loss:
Eight men slightly wounded.
One thousand dollars damage.
Those are the figures of victory. The
story of the battle will live forever. The
names of it's heroes can never die.
The fighting began at o'clock in the
morning.
The Spaniards surrendered at 1910 in
the afternoon.
HoNGKONG, May 9.-Among naval
men, military men and civilians, Eu-
ropeans and natives here there is only
one subject of discussion, the brilliant,
dashing, annihilating victory of the
American fleet under Commodore
Dewey over the Spanish feet COM
manded by Admiral Montejo in Manila
bay ON Sunday last.
Owing to the fact that the cable be-
tween this port and the Philippine
islands was not in working order, hav-
ing been cut, there has been delay in
a 6afoilaH ~ 1,4
tie and facts in the case were only avail.
able when the United States gunboat
Hugh McCulloch arrived here on Sat.
urday and even then the tremendous
pressure of business, suddenly thrown
upon the cable company, necessarily
made the earlier accounts of the en-
gagements somewhat brief.
Commodore Dewey's orders were to
capture or destroy the Spanish fleet and
never were instructions executed in so
complete a fashion. At the end of
seven hours there was absolutely moth
ing left of the Spanish fleet but a few
relics.
At the end of the action Commodore
Dewey anchored his feet in the bay be-
fore Manila and sent message to Gov
ernor General August announcing the
Inauguration of the blockade. and add
ing that if shot was fired against his
ships he would destroy every battery
about Manila
The position occupied by the Span
iards, the support which their ships re-
ceived from the land batteries and the
big guns they had ashore gave them an
enormous advantage. Therefore, when
it is considered that the Spaniards lost
over 900 men in killed and wounded.
that all their ships, amounting to about
IA, were destroyed and that their ma
val arsenal at Cavite was also destroyed,
with it's defenses, it will become appar-
ent that the victory of the american
commodore is one of the most complete
and wonderful achievements in the his
tory of naval warfare.
Not a man on board the American
fleet was killed, not shipwas damaged
to any extent and only six men We're in
jured slightly on board the Baltimore.
The American fleet entered Manila
bay on Saturday night with the great
est OF ease. In fact the American ships
would probably have passed inside the
bay without any challenge had it not
been that some sparks flew up from the
McCulloch's funnel. Thereupon few
| shots were exchanged with the bate
ries ON Corregidor island, but the fleet
did not slow down and soon took M a
position near Cavite, awaiting dawn in
order to commence hostilities.
The early hours of the morning re-
vealed the opposing ships to each other
and the Spanish flagship opened fire.
/ Her action was followed by some of the
larger Spanish warships, and then the
Eavite forts onened M and the smaller