Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-05-06
LATEST WAR NEWS.

Manila, the principal city Of the Philip.
pine Islands; the city being situated in
the island of Luzon, the chief island Of
the group. The following is brief &C.
count Of the battle:
LONDON, May q 1893 Early yesterday
morning, before daylight. Commodore
Dewey's feet passed slowly in at the en-.
trance to the harbor of Manila, to engage
the Spanish feet in command Of Admiral
Montijo, one Of the best officers in the
navy of Spain.
The batteries opened fire on the Ameri-
can squadron. but there was no reply.
Quietly proceeding, with the flagship
Olympia in the lead. the American ships
steamed into the harbor.
The guns of Fort Cavite opened fire
upon the Americana.
The Olympia answered with shot from
an eight-inch gun. which was the highest
caliber carried by either feet, most Of the
guns being Of less caliber. When the
shot struck, section of the Spanish fort
leaped into the air and came down in a
shower of dust.
Then the firing became general.
The Reina Christina, Admiral Monti-
JOS flagship. lying near the entrance Of
the harbor, attacked the Olympia.
The Olympia turned her guns upon the
Reina Christina.
There was a roar Of her great guns and
crash of her rapid.flre guns. and hail
of shot and shell drove into and through
the Reina Christina; and then she was a
wreck, her decks being covered with the
dead and dying, and with fire bursting
out in dozen places.
Another rending volley and the Spanish
vessel was on her way to the bottom.
Meantime the other American vessels
attacked the other Spanish ships. firing
their guns with rapidity and with deadly
aim.
The Spaniards suffered defeat then and
there. All their ships were pounded and
pierced over and over again. They were
almost dismantled.
The American vessels now Withdrew
to their store-ship and took on board a
fresh supply of ammunition.
Then came the grand finale to the de.
feat of the Spaniards.
The Baltimore. Olympia, Concord and
Boston swung into line like troop OF
cavalry and charged down upon the shat.
tered hulks of the enemy.
Their coming was heralded by the
flash and roar of the mighty guns, han.
died with almost incredible rapidity.
Nothing could Withstand their on.
slaught.
Soon the Spanish man .of-war Castillo
was on fire from stem to stern, and he,
officers scuttled her to prevent the ex.
plosion of the magazines.
The crew leaped into the water.
Then came an explosion which for a
moment silenced the guns. and the Don
Juan de Austria blew up, some of the
fragments of the wreck falling on the
American ships.
Then the Spaniards became panic.
stricken.
The officers of four of the Spanish
| vessels ordered their ships scuttled and
pulled for the shore in small boats.
The American vessels then anchored
| in the harbor.
The account of the battle is from
Spanish sources. the spaniards having
control Of the cable between Manila and
Hong Kong. Hence, no report of any
kind has yet come from Commodore
dewey, and nothing definite is known
as to the American loss of men. 1t il
believed, however, as the Spanish dis
patches make no mention Of severe loss
on our part, that it was not heavy.
The fellowinE-named vessels we're en-
gagged in the battle:
American--Cruiser Olympia, Boston
and Baltimore, gunboats Concord and
Petrol. Guns. 12s. Tonnage, 20. .e42.
spsnish-Cruisers Reina Christina, We
lasco, Don Juan de Austris, Castillo, gun
boats Paraguay. Ulloa. Ell Cana, General
Lezo. Marquee del Duero. Guns. 90
Tonnage. 1890.
While the Americans were superior tc
the Spanisrds in guns and tonnage, II
should he remembered that the fsrmel
were fighting tho forts at the same time.
Commodore Dewey will receive rear ad.
miral's commission.
The whereabouts Of the Spanish fleet that
recently left the Cape Verde islands is moi
| yet known on this side of the Atlantic.
The big American steamship City Of Paris,
loaded with munitions Of war purchased in
Europe, which it was feared had been cap.
tured by the Spaniards, reached New York
in safety, and will at once be converted into
an auxiliary cruiser.
The blockade of Havana and other Cuban
ports continues, with no new incidents ex.
cept the capture Of another big Spanish mer
chant steamer. with eighteen OF twenty
Spanish officers on board.
Regular troops are being concentrated q,
Tampa. Fla, for the invasion Of Cuba, in
conjunction with the Cuban patriot army.
The North Dakota troops are in camp al
Fargo.
Just received at Mrs. W. L. Yeater's
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