The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-24
LATE WORD FROM DEWEY.
Insurgents Had Practically Surrounded
Manila Last SUNDAY.

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WASHINGTON, June ls.-Thc navv
department has received the following
from Admiral Dewey, under date 9,
June IL:
"CAv1rE, June 10, via Hong Kong,
June l7.-Thcre is little change in the
situation since my telegram of June 3.
Insurgents continue hostilities and
have practically surrounded Manila.
They lave taken $500 Spanish
prisoners, whom they treat most
humancly. They do not intend TO take
the city at the present time. Twelve
merchant vessels are anchored in the
bay with refugees on board. under
guard of neutral men of war; this with
nay permission.
Tho health Of the squadron con.
tinucs excellent. The German CON-
mandcr in-chief arrived to-day.
Three German. two British, one
French, oEc Japanese mcn-of-war
now in port. Another German man.
of-war is expected. The following is q
correct list of the Spanish vessels
captured and destroyed:
Destroyed: Two protected cruisers,
five unprotected cruisers. one trans.
port and one serving vessel, both
armed.
The following were captured: The
transport Manila and the gunboat CAL
lao"
MANILA, June 3, via Hone Koyo.
June l 1t is now officially admitted
here that the troops have been thirty
six hours without food. Gunboats
conveying volunteers, sent into the la
COON to search for food for the city on
Friday, returned here to-day, Sunday.
n reported the total failure of their
mission. The insurgents are gaining
everywhere and are now firing into
Manila itself.
The commanders of the gunboats
sent for foo report that every lagoon
n town is hostile. The Spanish
lotilta was unable to effect a landing
in spite of prolonged firing on the part
of all the gunboats. Nobody, how
ever. was killed. This rcmovcs the
last hope of provisioning Manila.
During the week a II the garrisons
were ovcrpowcred or surrendered. The
prisoners are well treated. A major
ity of those who resisted were slaught-
cred.
In the northern sections the insur-
gents have united near Passig. on the
Passig river. driving the Spanish gun
boats to Duoa. There were a few
casualties.
The one of hostili,ics is n magnif.
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ed. having an unlimited number of
natural ambuscadcs and innumerable
blockhouses and trenches. Any AVER
age army could easily defy ten times
their number.
On all sidcs can be seen the Span.
iards retiring, removing the soldiers
effects and d~ismantling the barracks
premature!y, evidently anticipating
defeat us "A matter of course The sol
dicrs are brave and desperate and hate
to retreat, but they are hopelessly in
competent and ~shamefully underfed.
Many of them have assured the cor
respondent that they have never been
at target practice in their lives. Still
they are eager for an opportunity TO
display their yalor and are confident
that the enemy is equally Impractical.
General pcna and a thousand Span.
ish soldiers have surrendered at Santa
Cruz, similar surrcndcrs have taken
place at laguna and at Pcmpanga and
in each case hardly anybody was killed.
1t is reported that Rear Admiral
Dewey is unable To restrain the
insurgents, but their conduct is sat
isfactory. There is no necessity for
interference as no excuses whatever
have been committed. This is partly
due to the merely nominal assistance
furnished the insurgents. The latter
proposed to form a republic under
Anglo-American tutclage and threat
cned TO visit with severe penalties the
insurgents who have become turn
coats. especially in the case of Palermo,
n prominent native protcgce of the
Spapiards. -pAa..aNc~,--
There was aesultory firing to-day in
every quarter on the outskirts of the
town with no material result, although
there were several artillery accidents
and one explosion which killed six
Spaniards and wounded many others.
The ammunition of the Spaniards is
utterly untrnstworthy because it is
old, rotten and has never been tested.
The Spaniards are ~impotent with rage,
bewilderment and despair, The cafes
tonight are crowded with officers with
their hands in their pockets, gaping
vacantly while an intermittent fusilade
is audible in all directions.
Carloads OF food have been stored
inside the walled citadel, with the in.
t~ention of standing a siege ana defy
ing the American warahips. But, the
idea is ridiculously preposterous, for
the citadel, SO called, is totally untcn.
able against the fire of u modern fleet
of warships.
InXor the American HAnk Kln.