The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-26
MANILA HAS FALLEN
w BOMBARDS THE
CITY'S FORTS.
General August Escapes in a
German Cruiser-General Mer.
rit's Troops Pursue the Fleeing
DOns.

Manila, via Hong Kong, Aug. H.
Our troops met with much resistance
in the attack on Manila. Our loss was
eight killed and thirty-four wounded.
The insurgents are shut out of the CITY
n threaten to make trouble. Malate
only was bombarded.
Hong Kong, Aug. 17.-Further infor-
nation of the surrender of Manila
shows that Dewey demanded the city's
surrender on August 7. This demand
was repeated on August 8, and finally
on August Is.
During these intervals foreigners res
ident in the city either boarded the
warships of their nation or fled from
the city inland. The bombardment be-
gan on the morning of August Is upon
failure to obtain a definite reply from
General Jaudemes, commander of the
Spanish forces.
The Olympia opened fire, the entire
feet joining in the bombardment. The
enemy was driven from Malate, our
sued by Merritt's troops. The Span
iards tool refuge in Manila and soon
after, seeing the futility of further
fighting, General Jaudemes hoisted a
white flag n sent word of his uncon-
ditional surrender.
h city itself was but little dam
aged, h fire of the ships being d.
rected against the forts and the out
lying intrenchments of the troops. The
bombardment, which began at $50 in
the forenoon, was continued for two
hours, and then the Americans stormed
the trenches, sweeping all before them.
The First California volunteers car
ried the outer trenches and drove the
S~paniards into the second line of de-
lenses. Then the American troops
swept on, driving all the Spaniards
into the inner Notifications, where the.
Spanish commander, seeing that fur
Their resistance was useless, hoisted the
white flag and surrendered.
The losses, American or Spanish, are
not yet known. The S%paniards in the
trenches possibly numbered 5000 men;
the American attacking force numbered
10000, and the Americans were better
armed, better trained and in better con-
dition.
The foreign fleets watched the bonn
bardment with acute interest. The
American warships engaged were the
Olympia, Petrol, Raleigh. McCulloch,
Do~koo AF@-%-o-
timore.
The Germans had a launch waiting
for August, which carried him to the
aiserin Augusta. The cruiser put to
sea at 10 o'clock Saturday night and
same over at a speed Of seventeen
knots.
No one here understands the German
position. 1t is reported that Dewey
dispatched cruisers late on Saturday
night for Iloilo and Cebu, either to ac-
cept h surrender of these places or to
lombard.
The Raleigh was to start on Sunday
for Lemaun, there to pick up three
Spanish steamers that have been run
ming between that port and Iloilo. The
Concord and Boston were dispatched
to Port Royalist to sink five gunbots
that have been in hiding.
Afterwards the warships will raise
the American flag at the capital of
each of the islands. 1t is reported it
will lake the warships three weeks to
accomplish these missions. Agoncello,
high commissioner and ambassador OF
the Philippine provisional government,
a delegation Of Hong Kong Fill
lpinos that called on Consul General
Wildman and congratulated him on the
American victories in the Philippines.
requested Mr.. Wildman to wire
President Mckinley assurance of their
allegiance and to present their request
that the f'ilipinos be represented on the
commission.