The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-09
SEIZE MANILA.



Of her guns and slightly injured half a
dozen of the crew. Several shots passed
dangerously close to Commodore Dewey.
but little or no damage was done on board
the flagship.
On the other hand, about one hundred
and fifty men are said to have been killed
on board the Spanish ship, which was to-
tally destroyed. Admiral Montejo, the
Spanish admiral, transferred the flag TO
the Isla de Cuba when his ship caught
fire, but the latter was destroyed in due
course Of time. The Reina Christina lost
her captain, lieutenant, her chaplain and a
midshipman by one shot which struck her
bridge. About one hundred men were killed
and sixty wounded on board the Castillo.
Indeed, some estimates place the number
of Spanish wounded during the engagement
at over a thousand men.
The Olympia was struck five times about
her upper works. and whaleboat of the
Raleigh was smashed. Although the Krupp
guns on the esplanade of Manila were fired
continuously during the engagement, Com
modore Dewey did not reply to them, and
the battery afterward hoisted white flag
in token of surrender.
The terms of the capitulation were still
unsettled when the McCulloch left Manila,
rioting upon the part of the insurgents If
he attempted a bombardment of the re-
naming Notifications at Manila.
The forts at the entrance of the bay were
dismantled on Wednesday, after they had
capitulated. 1t is said the American Com
modore ordered the cable to be cut because
the Spaniards refused to permit him to use
it pending the complete surrender of the
city
TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
1t is said that the Spanish ships did not
get under sail until after the alarm was
given. 1t is said also that the Spanish
commander informed the governor general
that it was advisable to surrender in the
interests of humanity. as it was impossible
to resist successfully, but that he and his
men were willing enough to fight and die.
Even when the Spanish flagship was shot
half away, her commander, though wound
ed, refused to leave the bridge till the ship
was burning and sinking, her stern shat
tered by a common shell and her steam
pipe burst. There are no further details of
the fighting. After it was over, Commo-
dore Dewey sent an ultimatum to the city
battery, ordering it to cease firing or he
would lombard.
The Petrol chased a gunboat up the river
Pasig. and the Spanish captain came in a
boat to negotiate conditions of surrender.
The American captain replied: "Uncondi-
tional surrender or fight"
To this the Spaniard answered: I'VE are
willing to fight. Please allow us to send for
ammunition, because our store is ex-
hausted."
On proposal to the existing authorities
to continue temporarily under the Ameri-
can hag, pending the termination of the
war, the Spaniards delayed their decision
and kept wiring to Madrid. The Americans
requested the privilege of using the wire,
and when this was refused they cut the
cable.
The Esmeralda, from Hong-Kong, arrived
right III the middle of the battle. During
the adjournment for breakfast, an Ameri-
can cruiser was detached to meet her, as
it was believed she might be a Spaniard
When t was found that the new arrival
was @ British vessel she was warned to
keep away. The Esmeralda, therefore,
moved up the bay ten or fifteen miles.
There are still two or three Spanish gum
boats about the Philippines, but no resist
ance from them is probable. One recently
captured an American bark.