The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-09

A Connected Account of the Great Victory Won by
Commodore Dewey.

harbor. The larger ships Of Spain cruised
Off Cavite and Manila. The American f,cct
entered Manila hay on Saturday night with
The greatest OF ease. The Spanlards had
not established a patrol and there were no
soarohligh's Mt the entrance OF the BAY
In TACT, the American ships would have
probably passed Inside the bay without
any challenge had Il not been that somp
sparks flew up from the McCulloch's fun
hciA' Thereupon a few shots were cx-
changed With tho batteries OF Corrlsador
island; but the fleet did not slow down
ana soon took up position near Cagite.
awaiting dawn TO commence hostiiilcs.
! The early hours Of the morning revealed
tho opposing ships TO each other, and the
Spanish flagship opened fire Her action
was followed by tho larger Spanish war.
spips, and ihcI the Caylte forts opensa rn
and the smaller Spanish vessels brought
their guns into play. The American
squadron which had been led into the b,y
ana through the channel by the flagship
olympia. did not reply though the shells or
the spanards began to strike tho water
. ! m.
ward when nearing Baker bay a sud
den upheaval of water short Distance
ahead OF the Olympia showed that me
spaniards had exploded mine or tnrpelo
rms was followed by second and similar
oNpios'on' They were both utterly nm ne.
cessful. The American fleet WAS ina,
drawing nearer aud nearer to the sna,.
iards' whose gunpery was very poor. the
SHOTS from The Cavlte batteries and fran
the Spanish ships being equally haslv
aimed, either falling short or going vida
Of the marx
When Tho American fleet on,srs1 tho
pay. coming through the southern ohanpsI
oe'weeh Caballo Frile sc,s the follow
ing were their order
The flagship Olympia the R,l.,moro ~.
Raleigh, Concord. Boston. Petrol and Mo.
tuiio'h' with the two star ships. the Nan.
sen and saiiro. going up the rear. IN th,t
order they swept grandly before the civ
anu raced the enemy IN column line
'nonSh the spaniards had opened nre ,t
oouo yards, the Americans reserved t,en
hre until within 1000 yards of ,he oner,,,
when The real battle began, Tho kei,a
christina, Castillo Don Amoaio do uno,
iisa de Cuba, lsla de l.uqon ana tho NI,
asno Mere in The line OF battle outside Of
oa'ite at that time with fovr gunbaats ana
the torpedo boats inside the haraor
lhe American ships then passed back.
wards and forwards six times ap.oss ,he
iFoni of the Spaniarls pouriay In rnon
the latter nerfeo, hail o. shot and an "
every American shoi seemed 10 ten while
almost every Spanish shot mi.s,d tbo
mark After having thus scattered de,th
ana decentralization among ms spanish
licet and In the Spanish batteries, the
American fleet retired for breakfast and
Incidentally council OF war was held On
board the Olympia.
by this time the Spanish were in A iss.
% rate condition, The flagship. Rena
christina, was iedied with shot ana shell
one Of her steam pipes had bust and .he
VAS ne'isved TO be "a fire. The Castillo
MAS certainly on fire ANA soon afterwards
their condition became worse and worsr
until thsy were eventually burned TO tbe
waters edge. The Don Aptonio ljlloa made
:
most magpliieent show OF desperate brpv
! cry When her commander found his sbl
Was So torn by the American shells that
ne could not keep her atioat he nailed her
eolors to the masthead and she sank win
al hands lighting TO the last. Her mi,
Mas completely riddled and her upper ieel,
naa peen swept clean by the awful fire ~
the American guns, but the spaniaras
though their vessels We're sinking oeneatb
them. continued working guns ON her lover
, aeek until she sank beneath the waters.
pur'ng the ensagtmsnt a spanish tor
peao pfAl crepl along the shore and round
the pffing IN an attempt TO attack tha
lAlserican ships, but she was shortly dt .v
favored and driven ashore, ana was actua,-
|, " SHOT 20 pieceS. The MtndauRo had n H.
t4t 9rNnile hSrp run ashore 10 save her from
sleknf sna the Spanish small craft had