Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-09
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Commodore Dewey resolved to risk the
| mines which were supposed to block
the channel. The island forts fired but
not together. Replying with few
shells, the squadron proceeded without
stopping or changing Its course. The
order of the vessels was ms follows:
The Olympia, Baltimore. Raleigh.
Concord. Boston. Petrol, McCulloch,
Nanshan and Zeafiro, and thus they
steamed to the center of the bay. They
passed before the city, seeking this
Spanish squadron, and found them
near the entranc Of Baker bay, backed
and thanked by the Cavite forts, with
the two torpedo boats and four gun.
boats inside the mole. which served as
protection, while the Reina Christina.
Castillo, Don Antonio de Ulloa, lsa
de Cuba 1sla de Luzon, and the mail
boat Mindanao were drawn up out
side. The Spaniards fired the first shot
at 5000 yards, but 1t was Ineffective.
The American ships formed In col
umn line and steamed nearer, reserving
their fire until within 1000 yards They
then passed backward and forward
six times across the Spaniard's front,
pouring In a perfect hail of shot and
shell. Every shot seemed to tell Then
the Americans retired for breakfast
and a council of war.
The Spanish ships were already in
desperate condition. The Reina Chris
tina was riddled and one of her
steam pipes had burst. The Cas-
| tilla was also on fire, and both were
burned to the waters edge. The Don
Antonio de Ulloa made magnificent
show of desperate 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 stli
firing defiantly as the vessel sank be-
meath the water. torpedo boat tried
to creap along the shore, around the
| offlng and attack the non-combatants.
zeafiro. Nanshen and McCulloch. but
was driven ashore and shot into bits.
| The Mindano was run onto the beach
and the other small craft retired be-
hind the mole.
The fight started at $3.50. was ad-
journed at $40. and resumed about
noon. The finishing touches were given
to Cavite by the Petrol and Con-
cord. The Raleigh grounded twice
In shallow water during the engage
ment
Cavite is in utter ruin and has sur
! rendered, the gunboats have been scut-
| tied and the arsenal was on fire and
exploded, causing graf mortality,
The Commodore of the fleet on board
| the Reira Christina waf w'uudud
and her captain, Lieutenant. chaplain
and the midshipman were killed by a
shell striking the bridge. Eighty Of
ed. on the Castillo 100 were killed
and 60 We're wounded. The Spanish
losses aggregate more than II touu.
sard
There were no casualties among the
Americans, except that six OF the Bal
tmore's men We're slightly wounded
| by one of the enemy's shells striking
another shell lying on the deck and
exploding 1t. There were only three
shot-holes in her upper works, five in
the upper works of the Olympia and
a whaleboat smashed on the Raleigh.
No other damage was done anywhere.
The disparity between the injury in
nicted on the Spanish fleet and that
sustained by the Americans is due to
| the superior guns OF the latter and the
superior Workmanship at long range.
The Manila Esplanada Krupp 1O-inch
| guns fired continuously but the Amer
leans avoided replying and the battery
showed n white flag afterward.
The terms of capitulation Is stlll I'M
settled. Commodre Dewey fears riot
ing by the rebels If he attempts q
| bombardment. The forts at the en-
trance to the bar capitulated and We're
| dismantled on Wednesday,. The Ameri-
cans cut the cable, but the Spaniards
refused to permit them to use II pend
ing the surrender of the city, and II is.
therefore, not known what is trans
piring on shore.
1t is understood that the Spanish
ships did not get under steam until
after the alarm was given. II Is said
also that the Spanish commander In
| formed the governor general that 1t
was advisable to surrender in the in
terest of humanity, as II was impossi-
BILE to resist successfully, but that he
and his men We're willing enough to
fight and die. Even when the Spanish
flagship was shot half away, her COM
mander, though wounded, refused to
leave the bridge TIL the ship was burn
ing and sinking. her stern shattered by
common shell and her stenm pipe
burst.
AS yet there is no further details of
the fighting. After 1t was over Com
modore Dewey sent an ultimatum to
! the city battery ordering II to cease
firing or he would lombard
The Petrol chased n gunboat up
the river Pasig. and the Spanish cap
tain came in a boat to negotiate condi-
| lions of surrender. The American cap
tain replied: Unconditional surrender
or fight" To this the Spaniard an
swered; I'VE are willing to Tight. Please
| allow us to send for ammunition be-
cause our store Is exhausted
On proposal to the existing authors
ties to continue temporarily under the
American flag pending the termination
of the war, the Spanish delayed their
decision and Kept wiring to Madrid.
The Americans requested the privilege
of using the wire, and when this was
refused they cut the cable.
The Esmeralda, from Honglong,
arrived in the middle of the battle.
During the adjournment for breakfast
and American cruiser was detached to
meet her. as 1t was believed she might
be Spaniard. When 1t was found that
the new arrival was British vessel
she was warned TO keep away. The
Esmeralda. therefore. moved up the
BAY ten or fifteen miles.
! There are still two or three Spanish
I gunboats about the Philippines but no
resistance from them is probable. One
recently captured an American bark.
A FURTHER ACCOUNT.
London, May 9.-Further particulars
| cleaned from the special dispatches
| from Hongkong show that the Spanish
| vessels, not having got mp steam,
| fought Mt great disadvantage. COM
pared with the mobility OF Commodore
Dewey's squadron. The latter arrived
| at the entrance OF the bay in bright
| moonlight. and the attack was there
fore postponed for few hours till the
conditions were more favorable. One
| american cruiser returned the fire
| from the fort on entering but was or
| dered to desist by the he gship. Com
modore Dew4' having the weightier
business of finding the Spanish fleet
| In hand.
In the absence OF breeze when the
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