Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-19
I'M CAPTURE Oh MANILA
4 ratrr Done by the At@ Battery, Which Led The Ai-
: npe---Hcre Work Of the Soldiers
va.a and wounded-Spaush Loss 200, with 5000
rs o. ne "'. ~. rl.o, unnlured-TrOops Marched Two
''p"'' Mile, in Mud Over Shoe Tops

,cserves neid the Pasay road anil the
''r,t rrs.rva. nvs full hltllIlns.
80 N tien. Urcrne. held the territory
t-twrfu the beach and me MANIA rIli
Tho monitor Mnn'nrey ftolin. 'I.W-
a. arr9fs IN bay In front w Manila.
.rbe n,rahip OLYMPIA. The cruiser lt1-
,'i.t, nj ne ruub1it priraI follow. o..
r,b, enemy had two lines NJ cnir.noh-
,y.ntt In front 81 Cen Greene. b1cH
IN those lines was RIO ClhEtlnh' q
mali aire1m. Next Beyond was $40
p.Wdar maraalnn. an anclent fnrirHf,
mounting one aiX-inch gun. lmm'n.e
stnd.blE walls ana iren'hl Hurr'uhd-
ed The f1r,rosa on thc sluth ana SEA
ward sides I'll, a..
division. which VAS composed OF tW1
suddenly, at $3.50 a. m. the Olympia
f4,aned nfa with her HilFhulrd aaln0h
guns az range of 1000 yards. the
ir11ps rhefrri and waved their haas,
Tn nrst sh1is fell short but again
ana again ghc guns reared and the
proiociiles ftil closer and closer 20 the
enemy'a stronghold.
Tbe raleigh and Petrol covered with
the national coinrf tried their nyc-lnch
and slx-lnch guns at $500 yards. Shell
after ahcli burnt In the fort and drove
thu spaniarda panlc-airlrkCn toward
Manila. Every shot was marked By
debris hurled high In the air. Soon
the enemy deserted the trenches Ia
front of Gen. Greene. but ran on 90
the right Into the bamboo swamp.
Then they hogan rueHr works. Two
shots from thu battery in tho maEaElnc
was the only reply given 10 the nectr
nrr 10th were 200 yards short The
Fuuh1at Chilan ana the launch iiarCelo
advanced within 1000 yards and began
sending a deadly hail from their rapid
nre and machine guns. by this time
che fortress was deserted and the Zee,
Wa HlEnalled 10 cease firing.
Thon the orders 90 advance were civ
en. The Colorado troops formed IN
column with their naF fiung 10 the
breeze and dashed Into the Rio ClnEn.
Ion wndlnF waist deep, The Califor'
ulana followed.
The cncmy's Mauscrs began 10 crack
In the bushes In front and ON the left.
but the shooting was Wild. The Colo
RADIO men ran up to thi fort and took
possession. Private Phoenix climbed
~ the ampnrts and pulled down the
spanish nag and a. h. was raising IN.
American standard. Was shot dead.
Th0ruupon Sergeant Richard a.
Holmes sglEcd the fiag and ran II W
| On tho pole.
The caloradoans. Californian and
the Eghteenth Infantry drove the
Hpaniafds through the streets OF Ma
late The enemy threw away guns
and ammunition In the ilight. Their
trenches we're filled with Mauaer ear
uidRta
me troops followed them. capturing
he Lunetia battery ana chasing the
| enemy Into the walled city General
| urgtne passed around the walled city
ana took llnnndn un the north side
N ne Plaig river. whore he established
hla headquarters, Meanwhile Grnerti
MheArthur'H b. 4 tde, over uu tho right
Wing. was having the Hoverest Kind ~
1FhtluF.
TWn guns ~ the Utah battery opened
on Block house No. 10 and soon knocked
u into apllntcrs. Then the Troops adj
yanccd towards the city. the Aatnr
battery In the lead. and. ~ previously
described, had the hottest lighting OF
me day at the junction " the Cingalon
mad.
The Spanish soon rutroatod and Gen.
Macarthur entered the city and ca-
ihhlfhtd headquarters in Malhtc.
Inc Insurgents followed up the al
vance u our troops.
An attempt was made 10 keep them
out ~ the city, hut II was found i'm
possible. Thousands entered IN COM
panlga, took possession ~ empty houses
ana began pillaging
Malnte and lirmlta, the fashionable
residence districts, were deserted. The
troops scattered and stopped the In
sufFrntH plllaging a. FAR as possible.
nut complaints continue TO come IN.