The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-17

Hongkong. Aug. 16.-Admiral Dewey
gave General August an hour in which
to surrender, at the time of the last
demand made on Saturday. General
August I, > sed to comply.
=. The bOmDardment which began at
<Ss:3e a. m, was continued for two hours,
and then the Americans stormed the
trenches. sweeping all before them
Those within the walls attempted no
resistance. The First Colorado volun-
teers stormed the outer trenches and
drove the Spaniards into the SECOND
line of defenses
Then the American troops swept on,
driving ali the Spaniards into the in
her Qualifications. where the Spanish
commander, seeing that further resist
ance was useless, hoisted the white flag
and surrendered.
The losses, American and Spanish,
are not yet known. The Spaniards in
the trenches probably numbered 5000
men. The American attacking force
numbered 10000, and the Americans
We're better armed, better trained and
in better condition.
The foreign fleets watched the bonn
bardment with acute interest The
American Warships engaged were the
Olympia, Petrol Raleigh, McCulloch,
Boston, Monterey, Charleston and Bal
timore.
The SpaniarCV assert that the fire of
the Americans for the most part fell
short, the only Effective fire being from
a small gunbc@t armed with quick-fir-
ing guns that was close inshore.
1t is asserted by Spaniards that the
Americans lost heavily in the storm
ing, owing to the faulty construction
of their entertainments. which the
cr7ss Il
heights and upon which they poured a
calling fire"
The Spanish trenches extended
around Manila at a distance of from
two TO four miles from the walled city,
forming a circle ten miles in circum-
\ ference, and it was impossible the
ASpaniards say, to hold so long a line
egainst the American attack.
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt,
it is reported, had issued orders to
spare ali except the armed defenses of
the city, and consequently the town is
understood to have been but little dam
aged. Some street fighting between the
insurgents and the Spaniards occurred
ON the outskirts, but order prevailed
within the walled section.
The American version of the battle is
not yet obtainable
General August, former captain gen.
eral Of the Philippines, will start for
Madrid tomorrow by the German mail
steamer.
DEWEY'S PLANS.
Consul General Wildman today re-
ceived a report from Admiral Dewey,
saying that it was intended, after the
capture of Manila, to dispatch cruisers
on Aug. "A TO IlOilo and Cebu to ac-
cept the surrender of those ports, and
also to send cruisers to Port Royalist
in Talawan, to capture Spanish gun
boats hiding there. Another ship was
detailed to capture the Spanish steam
erS plying between La Baum and Iloilo |
-Four Spanish gunboats at Lau Baum, |
in Panain were also TO be captured. /
Consul Wildman credits the report, and |
says that should the vessels have left /
before the arrival at Manila of the /
British steamer Australia, which was
chartered TO carry the news of the /
signing of the protocol and the cessa- |
tion of hostilities to that place, it will /
be an iInpossibility to recall the vessels /
in three weeks.
AUGUSTUS ESCAPE.
General August said today he did not .
! KNOW that the Kaiserin Augusta was to
I sail for Hongkong. He was informed
Nhat launch was awaiting MIN, which
he boarded and was taken to the Kali
serin Augusta, which Immediately
started for this place. This statement
is considered an equivOcation, as Gen
eral August evidently knew his des-
tination, and his escape was pre-ar-
ranged.
Yesterday a deputation of Hongkong
Filipinos, headed by AgoncilIo, high
commissioner and ambassador of the
Philippines provisional government,
waited upon Consul Wilman and con-
graduated him on behalf of Aguinal-
do, upon the splendid success of the
American arms in the Philippines and
the happy termination of the war in Z
favor Of America, and requested Mr..
Wildman to wire President Mckinley
their congratulations and assurance of