Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-05-14
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His Brilliant Victory the Topic OF
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Hong Kong, May 10.-Among naval
men military men and civilians, Euro
peans and natives here there is only
one subject of discussion, the brilliant,
dashing annihilating victory of the
Americon feet under Commodore Dew
ey over the Spanish feet commanded
by Admiral Montejo, in Manila bay, on
Sunday last.
Commodore Dewey's orders were to
capture or destroy the Spanish fleet,
and never were orders executed in so
complete a fashion. At the end of sew
Ell hours there was absolutely nothing
left of the Spanish fleet but a few
relics.
At the end Of the action Commodore
Dewey anchored his fleet in the bay
before Manila and sent a message to
Governor General August o
ing the Inauguration of u blockade and
adding that if n shot was fired against
his ships he would destroy every bat
terry about Manila.
The position occupied by the Span
iards, the support which their ships
received from the land batteries and
the big guns they had ashore gave
them an enormous advantage. There
fore, when it is considered that the
Spaniards lost over 600 men in killed
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amounting to about fourteen, were
destroyed, and that their naval arse
nal at Cavite was also destroyed, with
its dcfenses, it will become apparent
that the victory Of the American com
modorc is one Of the most sublime and
wonderful achievements in the history
of naval warfare. Not a man ON board
the naval fleet was killed, not a ship
damaged TO any extent and only six
men were injured slightly on board
the Baltimore. This grand achieve
ment is quite as much due to the gen
eralship of Admiral Dewey as to the
fact that the ships and guns are SUI
perior to anything in the same line
aflOat anywhere. Credit must also be
given to the fullest extent TO the Off
GERS under Commodore Dewey, for, TO
u man, llNN NtNOlbtN lltll Rdlldllb
commander in every way possible and
this helped him to laurcls which are
justly his.
The following is a list of the wound
ed men on the Baltimore:
Lieutenant Frank Woodruff Kellogg.
Ensign Noble Edward Irwin, Green
field, o.
Michael John Budding. coXswain, of
Wisconsin.
Robert l.. Barlow, landsman, of Chi
cagO.
Richard j. Covert, seaman, of Racine
Wis.
William O'Keefe, seaman, of Newark,
y. j.
Rosario Riccardelli, seaman.
Edward Snelgrove, coXswain, of Ia
coma, Wash.
niger. a seaman on board the Balti-
more, who was reported among the in
iured in the list, enlisted in Chicago in
June Of 1897. His parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ. G.. Budingcr, reside in this
city. One brother, Nocholas, is a cor
poral in the First regiment and is in
camp at Springfield. Four other
brothers also live in Chicago.
Racine, Wis, May 9.-Richard Co
vert, of this city, on board the crui-
ser Baltimore and reported injured,
is a son of George Covert, United
States mail carrier. lie was born i'm
Racine and is 10 years of age. Last
July he went to Milwaukee and en-
listed in the navy and was placed on
board the Vermont and was after
wards transferred to the Baltimore as
a gunner.