The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-13

the spaniards' shots either fell far short
or new wholly over u heads.
The end Of their line being reached.
we turned. shifted cur batterses n
stood down the lire until we were at
action and rapidfty with which u
guns were fired was inconceivable. The
sides OF the Raleigh. which had . bat
terry OF ten nve-inch rapid-hre guns,
were . continuous sheet OF hames. n
the eight-inch guns of the Olympia,
Boston and Baltimore hurled an un-
broken stream of 250-pound shells at the
ships of the enemy.
Six times the commodore led the beet
up and down the Spanish line. after
which we hauled out to breakfast. but
the victory was ours. The Castillo was
riddled n burning. A shell hroug
the steam pipe of the Reina Christina
showed h was In trouble. TWO hours
later she burst n flames, and both
ships were burned to the water edge.
The other Spanish craft had been han
died so severely that they had retired
beyond the mole of the navy yard. The
Mlndanao. was beached.
A torpedo boat. early In the night.
tried to slip out n attack our reserve
squadron. composed OF the McCullocn
and the transports Nan Shan Ia
uTO, WHICH nd0 Octu "a o1f
of action. She had hardly made clear
her purpose before the small rapid-hre
guns OF all our shipe were concentrated
on her, and she was fairly blown out OF
the water on to the beach,.
At 1880 the commodore made signal 10
retire to give the crews q rest and
breakfast. They had been standing by
their gums all night. and had been fight
ing them for three hours. The rest
..---~~l kt oil Altar hvan kNaEt
and the council Of war II was decided
TO attack and destroy the shore bat
teries at Cavite. On sigma the Bal
timore led the ray. ran up to WITHIN
1000 yards, reserved their concentrated
fire. and literally smothered them with
shell. The other ships quickly TOOK
their places. n within 80 minutes not
another shot was fired from the shore;
The Don Antonio de Uiiao sun
foated the flag of Spain and hred a rev
shots. Her decks were swept OF every
living soul and she sank riddled with
shell. The work OF the ships was over.
The Raleigh. Concord and Petrol were
hen ordered inside TO "destroy SNIP
ping But the draught of the Raleigh,
20 feet, was too great to allow her 10
get over the shoal water. and after get
ting aground twice the attempt a 10
be abandoned. The Concord ran Owe
and found the Mindsnao. while the
Petrol went up to the navy yard. Tne
enemy. however. had anticipated them,
and all the gunboats were on fire or
scuttled. The arsenal was In ruins
from the Smelling.
At 1890 o'clock the Spanish flag was
hauled down and the Petrol signaled'
The enemy has surrendered" A
mighty cheer went up from all the
ships. A most extraordinary victory
was ours-not one man did we lose and
there were only six men slightly
wounded on the Baltimore, while from
last accounts, the Spaniards lost be-
tween 900 and LOO men, killed and
wounded. The Spanish commodore was
wounded and the captain, a neuten-
ant, the chaplain m a midshipman
were killed by a shell striking the
bridge of the Reina Cristina. She lost
besides so men killed and had so men
wounded. The Castillo lost ITO men
killed and wounded. The shore bat
teries suffered badly. Had we been
able to engage their ships and batteries
at short range. the battle woul have
been more quickly over; but u loss
Of life would. i'm all probability. have
been considerable. As 1t was, the
Spanish feet was destroyed without
one death on our side and only . few
shot holes through the upper works of
our ships.
That night we anchored of Manila.
leaving the Boston and Concord to
~
watch taVlte arsenal Neso,iathohs
were opened Win ~ auses
ashore n !, was es,nes'is uesireo III
our part ma. !, wouiu ho' oe he'ess"iS
TO bomoard Mania. -
On the lunetta III iront OF Nianr,a Is
a battery OF io-nnch nrupp suns. lnese
guns opened on the hest asn Passeu III
the early morning. and by so doing ex-
posed the CITY 10 a mercliess omoaru
ment' winch out TOT tne humanity ol
our commanuer, mient aye put 20
ueatn tnousanus Oh ,ne ,nhapi,ants anu
laid the CITY IN ruins; hVeh aller tne
hrst haii OF me oatt.e was over, hai
pattery kept nrins. but aiter tne ma,
OF tne haVal s.at,on anu
.ne siiehcIhe OF me opanisn snIps on
we CITY. a wnIte nag was ho,s.ea over
TINS pattery ana not d gun was 'here-
aiIer nreu,
during Monoay May . .ne i'aieish
anu ba,tlmore were sen, oown 10 ue-
mano .ne surrenuer q, 70 ues'Ioy ,ns
rorts AT the mouth OF tne pay. Arrived