The Forrest City times., 1898-05-13

the enemy's guns until ten minutes of
| IL o'clock, when the signal for close
| action again went up. The Baltimore
| had the place of honor in the lead, with
the flagship following and the other
ships as before.
The Baltimore began firing at the
Spanish ships and batteries at I6 min
utes past II o'clock, making a series OF
hits, as if at target practice.
The Spaniards replied very slowly,
and the commodore signalled the Ra-
| leigh, the Boston, the Concord and the
| Petrol to go into the inner harbor and
destroy all the enemy's ships
BY her light draught the little Petrol
was enabled to move within 900 yards.
Here, firing swiftly but accurately.
she commanded everything still flying
the Spanish flag
Other ships were also doing their
whole duty, and soon not one red and
yellow ensign remained aloft, except
on battery up the coast.
The Spanish flagship and the Castillo
| had long been burning tiercely, and the
last vessel to be abandoned was the
Don Antonio de Ulloa, which lurched
| over and sank.
Then the Spanish flag on the arsenal
| staff was hauled down, and at half.
past 12 o'clock a white flag was hoisted
| there. Signal was made to the Petrol
TO destroy all the vessels in the inner
harbor, and Lieut.. Hughes, with an
armed boats crew, set fire to the Don
Juan de Austria, Marquis Duero, the
lsla de Cuba and the Correo.
The large transport Manila and
many tugboats and small craft fell
into our hands.
Capture or destroy Spanish squad.
ron" were Dewey's orders. Never were
instructions more effectually carried
out. Within seven hours after arriy.
ing on the scene of action nothing re.
mained to be done
Later Details-Admiral Montejo Wounded.
l find that in my previous dispatche,
underestimated the losses of the Span.
iards in Sundays battle.
The surgeon of the Castillo tells me
that Admiral Montejo was wounded.
The captain. chaplain and 80 other,
were killed and six were wounded on
the Castillo.
One hundred and fifty were killed
and 90 wounded on the ReIna Cristina,
Admiral Montejo's flagship.
1t is impossible to open communica.
tion between the shore and the fleet,
therefore news about events ashore is
very scarce on board the American yes
sells.
The little that has leaked through in.
! dicates the probability that the insur.
gents will soon attack the city. Span.
ish residents of Manila are very bitter
| against the governor general and are
| threatening to depose him.
Five were killed and 30 wounded on
the Don Juan de Austria.
Four were killed and so wounded on
the Don Antonio de Ulloa.
AS l am leaving the harbor the stu
alton in the city of Manila is very crit
ical. The British consul reports that
the city has been entirely cut off from
outside communication both by sea and
land, and has only enough provisions
left to last a few days.
The more L recall the events of last
| Sundays battle the more miraculous il
seems that no American lost his life.
| The shell that entered the Bostou's
wardroom was going straight for Pay
master Martin when it exploded with
in five feet of him, yet he was not
| touched.
Aboard the Olympia the surgeons
| operating table was placed in the ward.
room. Chaplain Frazier, who was as.
sisting the surgeon, had his head out
of one of the six-pounder gun ports
when shell struck the ships side less
than a yard away. The chaplain pulled
his head in just in time to escape hay.
ing it blown off, as the shell instantly
burst.
Three fragments of one shell struck
the Olympia within radius of Is feet
from Commodore Dewey.
The piercing projectile that
exploded the box of three FOUNDER am
munition on board the baltimore
passed between two groups of men so
close to each other that it is difficult to
see how all escsped.
To add to the horror of the scene.
several lean, wolaike dogs had discov.
cred the bodies before we had.