The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-05-10

miles Instant. L h" American ships
steamed deliberately along in front Of
Manila. int without opening fire until
the Spanish cannon from the batteries
around the town commenced work anu
shots began 10 strike the water around
The squadron. Then the Concord fired
few shots aS She passed hut the other
ships proceeded silently toward cayitc
When nearing Baker BAY Il sudden.
uph"aval Of the waters occurred Il iittlc
distance in front of the lcadin. shin and
quickly following this n second water
spout denoted that the Spaniard~ had
fired couple Of mines or turpcdoeS. but
their efforts 10 blow mp the ships We're
unsuccessful Almost immediately IN.
guns In the Cavitc battery burst into :,
heavy cannonadc. The shells fell in the
neighhorhood of the Olympia hut ma
jority Of them fell short and We're badly
aimed. The squadron then drew nearer
i'll toward the Spanish feet and the bat
tie began i'll real earnest
The fight started III 80, WAS adjourn
ed at S:3o and resumed about noofl
The finishing touches We're given to Ca
vite by the Petrol and Concord at -
O'Clock. The Raleigh grounded twice in
shallow water during the engagement.
CaVite IS in utter ruin and has Surrcn-
dered. the gun boats have been Scuttled
and the arsenal was on fire and exploded
causing great mortality. The Commo-
dore Of the fleet on board the Ecina
Christina. WAS wounded. and her Cap
tain. Lieutenant. Chaplain AMI the Mid
Shipman were Killed by a shell strikin.
the bridge. Eighty of her crew were
killed and sixty We're wounded On the
Castillo 100 We're killed and 90 were
wounded. The Spanish casualties aggrc-
r:lt q more, thop thbusauJ
There were no casualties among the
American crews. except that six of Bal
umOre $ men were slightly wounded hv
one Of the enemy'S shells striking anotI:-
er she'll lying on deck and exploding it,
There were only three shOt-hoes in he,
upper works. five in the upper works Of
the Olympia and whale boat smashed
on the Raleigh. No other damage was
done anywhere.
The disparity between the injury in
fiictcd on the Spanish fleet. and that sus-
tanned by the Americans is due to the su-
perior weapons of the latter and their
craftsmanship at long range
The Manila Esplanadc Krupp ten-inch
guns were fired continuously, but the
Americans avoided replying. and the bat
terry showed white flag afterward.
The terms Of capitulation are still I'M
settled
Commodore Dewey fears riotine by the
rebels if he attempts a bOmhardment
The forts ut the entrance to the bay
capitulated and were dismantled on
Wednesday. The Americans cut the ca
BILE because the Spanards refused to per-
NIT them to use it pending the surrend-
CT of the city. and it is, therefore. not
known what is tranSpirng on shore
Hong Kong. May THE American
ships entered by the southern channel.
between Clbello and Frile Islets. which
were fortified. Commodore Dewey re-
solved to risk the mines which were
supposed TO block the channel. The IS
land forts fred but not together. Re
plying with Il few shells. the squadron
proceeded without stopping or changing
lis course. The order of the vessels
was as follows:
The Olympia. Baltimore. Raleigh. Con
cord. Boston Petrol. McCuloch, Nan
shan and Zafiro. and thus they steamed
to the center Of the bay. They passed
before the city seeking the Spanish
squadron and found them near the on
trance Of Baker Bay. backed and flank
cd hy the Cavite forts. with two torpedo
boats and four @unboatS inside the mole.
which served rs protection. while The
Rcina Maria Christina. Castillo. Don
Antonio de Tlloa. ISla de Cuba Isla de
Luzon. and the mail boat Mindanao.
were drawn up outside. The Spaniards
fired the first shot at 5000 Yards, but
il was ineffective.
The American ships formed in column
line and steamed nearer. rescrving their
fire until within 1000 yards. They then
passed backwards and forwards six
times across the Spaniards' front. pour
ing in Il perfect hail Of shot and she'll
Every shot seemed to tell. Then the
Americans retired for breakfast and Il
council Of war.
The Spanish ships were already in II
desperate condition. The Reina Chris
tina was riddled. and one Of her steam
pipes had burst The Castillo was also
on fire. and both were burned to the
waters edge. The Don Antonio de Ulloa
bravery. With her cOlors nailed to her
mast she sank with all hands Her hull
was riddled. and her upper deck swept
clean. but the guns on the lower deck
were still firing detiantly as the vessel
sank beneath the waters.
y torpedo boat tried TO creep along the
shore, round the offing and attack the
non-comhatants Scafiro, Nanshaw and
McCuliCch. but were driven ashore and
shot into bits The Mindanao was run
on to the beach and the other small
craft retired behind the mole