The San Francisco call., 1898-08-17
for Hongkong before the bom- bardment was concluded,
INSURGENTS FOUGHT
 BESIDE THE AMERICANS
Spaniards Unable to Withstand the Assault of the Allied
 Forces

LONDON, Aug. 1.-The Manila cor respondent of the Daily Telegraph, telegraphing Saturday, says: Nothing could be more humane than the Ameri- cans capture of the town of Manila. General Merritt and Admiral Dewey s plan was to spare every object but the armed defenses and the trenches. Ap- parently the American losses were ex- tremely small. The Spanish entrench- ments varied in point of distance from two to four miles from the center of Old Manila
 Defending this long line of at least ten miles were not over-and probably under-5000 Spanish regular troops, volunteers and natives. About half that number were in the hospital The at tacking force numbered from 10000 to 20, 900 natives and 10000 Americans on shore and the fleet.
 'In every respect the advantage was on the side of the attack The Ameri- can field guns threw heavier metal and had longer range than the Spanish the craftsmanship of the United States gunners was much superior to that of the Spaniards and the men were stronger and in better condition. The Spaniards are a small race compared with their stalwart opponents, and worn out by hundred days siege and disappointment over the non-arrival or the promised Spanish relief squadron. they had lost heart. 1t was hopeless struggle.
 Looking over the bay, it was curious to notice the foreign fleets arrange themselves according to their sympa- thies. The English and Japanese were near the Americans and the Germans and French on the opposite sides of the bay, north of the Pasig River. The British cruiser Immortalite and her consorts kept fairly near the Amerf- can line. The attacking squadron formed in line between Malate and Old Manila. with the Concord watching the fort at the mouth of the Pasig. The American fleet lay outside the break water.
 "The Olympia fired the first shot at $40, and a fairly continuous, but by no means furious, cannonade was kept up until 11:20. By that time Malate fort was silenced and the American troops then stormed the entrenchments. The Spaniards who were in the earthworks tell that the Quick-firing guns of the little gunboat Rapido, which lay close to the shore, were far more terrible in their effects than was the raking fire of the ships.
 ReSlSldnce lU ellie AIliellCdH dlldCh was impossible. The First Colorado Regiment was the earliest to charge the | Spaniards, who retired to the second line, but soon, outnumbered, they were | forced into the old city. A part of Ma late suffered severely from the bom- 1 bardment The vaunted intramures | defenses were not tried.
 "The Spanish commander, convinced l that further resistance was hopeless, | hoisted a white flag at 11:30, and the order to cease firing was immediately issued in the center of the town, but in the outskirts street fighting continued | for some time afterward between the rebels and Spaniards.
 "The only fear felt in the city is in regard to the conduct of the insurgents AS I write this in the house of the Ger
 man Consul a brisk fusillade is going on between the combatants, and mus
 ketry fire is rattling all around"