Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-06-23
MANILA FALTERS.
The CITY Nay iaII Into Dewey Usadg re-
for" Arrival Of the Troop. August
About to Surrender.


cablcgram from Hong k"or to- the
journal says:
The most severe and important bat.
tie since a IN. Dewey annini alton Of
the Spanish fleet has occurred at Ma
Mia. One thousand insurrCut, at
tackled 1000 Spaniard> inflicttng heavy
LOSSES aud almost forcing the entrance
to the city.
The insurgents under Gen. ATuinal.
do and the American sailors and
marines of Adm. Dcwcy's feet com.
| plctcly surrounded Manila.
The foreign residents have fled tc
the ship.
Gen. August is reported t. he will
ing to surrender 10 the Americans in
order to prevent the insurgents from
capturing the capital, setting it on
fire and killing the SnaniardS. The
archbishop however i, opposed to sur
render and has ovcrruIed August.
The success of TIL insurgents is
wonder, The SpaniardS taken
prisoners in the two weeks campaign
aggregate 5000. including 2.Ol0 sol
diers of the regular army. Prominent
among them are Gems Garcia and
| Cordoba.
The governors of the provinces of
| Cavitc, Balucan and Bataau were also
made prisoners.
Two million rounds of cartridges
were seized i'll the fortified cathedral
of Old Cavitc. The large garrison of
Old Cavite has surrendered, thus Civ
ing the insurgents command of the
shore of the entire bay.
All interior sources of supply are
now cut OFF from the Spanish forces in
| Manila
The Americans can take Manila
within ~ hours after the arrival of
the troops. The city is now at the
mercy of the American fleet.
Adm. Dewcy's conduct during the
blockade has been admirable.
\ great fire i raging north of Manila.
The insurgents have captured the
watcrworks, on which the supply OF
| the city depends.
Gen. August has issued an order de-
claring that all males above the age OF
Is shall join the army and do military
duty.
MANILA, June @, via Hong Kong,
June Is. Spanish power is crumbling
in the Philippine islands.
Gen. Pcna and IA thousand Spanish
soldiers have surrendered at Santa
Cruz. Similar surrcndcrs have taken
place at La Guna and at Pampanga,
and in each case hardly anybody was
killed.
1t is reported that Rr. Adm. Dewey
is unable to restrain the insurgents,
but their conduct has been salts.
factory so far. There is nc
necessity for interference. as no cx,
ccsscs whatever have been committed.
This is partly due TO the merely nomi-
nal assistance furnished the insur.
gents. The latter proposed to form q
republic under Anglo-Amcrican tutc
lage and threatened to visit with Sc
we're penalties the insurgents who have
become turncoats, especially in the
case of Palermo, a prominent native
protegc of the Spaniards
There was desultory firing to-day in
every quarter on the outskirts of the
town, with no material result, al
though there were several artillery
accidents and one explosion which
killed six Spaniards and wounded
many others.
The ammunition of the Spaniards is
utterly Enthusiastically because it is old
ral.snISd has never been tested.
The Spaniards are impotent witt
rage, bewilderment and despair.
The insurgents yesterday rushed III,
passage OF the Zapota river and also
descended from the lagoon. took tn,
Spaniards in flank and captured sew
eral guns. The Spanish soldiers mad,
a good stand until they were ordered
to retreat. Probably their ammuni
ton was inadequate.
The insurgents to-day captured La
Palmas, Parangue, Tugalo. Mali Fay
and Pineday, all on the coast line
The Spaniards lost 30 men killed anC
| wounded and 1000 returned here un
hurt.
The insurgents are now firing int
Halate, the southernmost quarter o
Manila, and a mile and half from
the center place containing the fort
magazine, telegraph office and clul
house.
The captain general held council
of war, at which it was proposed I,
surrender, becaute resistance is clear
ly useless and deplorable expendi
ture of blood and heroic efforts woul,
be rendered futile by lack of training
insufficient supplies and the smallnes
of the force.
The council was furious at this "hu
initiation by mere natives" and he re
signed (9 and was superseded by hi
second in command, who counter
manded the withdrawal of the troop
from the field.