El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-07-20
HOW Dewey CAPTURED LONDON
Capt. Courtney of the Royal Engi-
neers Talks Interestingly.

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Capt. Courtney is an officer in the
British army and is as signed to the
famous First Royal Engineers.
Engineers is world wide and there is
no mission of interest to the govern
ment of Great Britain into which the
services of the Royal Engineers are not
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Captain Courtney has just come to
America and is in his way to the Chin
csc province of Chon Sh where he is to
make report on that province OF the
Chinese Empire, as to its agricultural,
ties.
The captain after having been as
signed to this special duty secured per-
mission to go by way of America so as
to visit the baths of Hot Springs, Ark. {.
as he was suffering very much from
rheumatism. It has been just nine
weeks since he left London and in de-
scribing for the HERALD the scenes in
London after the news OF Dewey's VIC
tory at Manila was received, the cap
| tain said:
.sThe people nearly went wild. Ev-
cry one was highly elated over the sue
cess of the American fleet. The main
thing that caught the Englishman was
the steady business-like way in which
Commodore Dewey went about the
| fight. We were ali very much excited
and after the first news began to come
none of us could keep still until all OF
it arrived. Myself and some OF ny
American friends promenaded the
streets until late hour.
| "One of the amusing features OF that
evening was that at Russell Square
every evening a little German band
plays: l think IN be there are ten
I - mn
when everyone was feeling SO good
over the Americans success at Manila,
1 sent for the leader of this band to
come sup to my rooms, and as 1 wanted
| the matter to appear purely patriotic
asked him if he could play the
American patriotic tunes, such
as Star Spangled Banner, Yam
assured me that he could play them
all and one or two others. So l told
him if the band would come out in the
square that night and play them 1
would give him sovereign. He
agreed and promptly on time the little
German band appeared and began on
those airs.
| "Well, you never heard such cheer
| ing in your life. It seemed as ii all
came to the square. The band took up
the usual collection and 1 think they
made more that evening than they had
| on any other during their whole winter
season.
1.-THE news men who sell papers
| there (boys don't sell them as they do
here). charged for extra editions on
pc my which is the usual price, and
they would go around to Russell
Square where the Americans were,
and to the Savoy and Cecil, which are
generally understood to be head
quarters for. the Americans who are
in London, and the three extra edi
| items which the papers had got out
sold like hot cakes.
Every body in London, both Ameri-
| cans and Englishmep, felt good and
| conldn't do enough celebrating.'
Capt. Courtney said the English ma
val officers made many complimentary
remarks about Dewey's cool, level
headed, business like way of going
into action at Manila, and, too, the
men time to get their breakfast after
having fought hard for two hours, and
after their morning meal, went back
into the bay for the second time to en-
gage the enemy.
This fight of Commodore Dewey's
at Manila gained more friends for the
American navy abroad than il ever
had before. and he has proved sgai n,
as many times previous, what good
stuff the American sailors are made Of
THAT fight of Cervera's was of diff
ferent class. Cervera was Just over
powered and was fighting with ire
mendous odds against him. His only
nope was to get away with the Colon
and with that vessel go to the aid of
BlancO at Havana. Now that he ut
terly failed and was captured, he gets
mr. 6ar h. a. L.
enemies, the Americans, than he does
from all Europe.
Nearly all foreign nations think
that Cervera should have made dash
in amongst his .enemy's vessels and
tried to sink as many of them as pos
sible and in trying for that desired
end given his life as martyr to the
cause of Spain. rather than to have
surrendered"
In speaking further of the fight
g ound Santiago the captain said, So
don't think the commander in the field
should make the brunt of the fight
fall on the volunteers as it has been,
but the regulars, who have been in the
service and are paid to do the fighting,
are the men who ought to have the
hardest part of the battle to fight.
Now 1 notice the other day where
orders were issued to the colonel of the
list New York to advance as far as
possible on the Spanish forces which
occupied hill in his front. After ad- |
vancing as far as he could get the re-
giment to go he sent word to the gen.
eral to that effect and the reserves in |
the rear of the list began |
to shout to stand aside |
they would go further. The colonel |
and the whole regiment except one |
battalion in command of a major
stood aside for the reserves to pass |
them; it was this battalion of the list
however who were the first in the |
trenches, snd they should get |
a good deal of credit for their bravery
while the colonel and the balance
should be made to feel their cowardice.
81 am greatly in hopes" said the
captain, that the capture of Santiago
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