The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-09

New York. Nav S.--The following ac-
count of the battle Of Manila was pub
lishcd in today's Herald, which paper
had stan correspondent aboard the
flagship Olympia. Vt is dated Mania
Nav I was transmitted via Hong
Kong MAY and by courtesy Of the
Herald was specially telegraphed 20
President Mckinley and read by hitn
before IL was put in type in the Hera'u
oficc:
Not ono Spanish flag flies in Manila
Bay today. Not one Spanish war snip
floats except as our prize.
More than two hundred Spanish ueau
and five hundred to seven hundred
wounded attest TO the accuracy or the
American tre. g..
Commodore Dewey attacked the Span
ish postion at Cavite this morning. lie
swept five times along the line and scored
one of the most brilliant successes IN
modern warfare
NOT AN AMERICAN KILLED.
Miraculous as it may appear. none of
our men was killed. aud only eight were
wounded Those who were wounded sur
fered only slight injuries
Commodore Dewey arrived off Manila
Bay last night and decided 10 enter the
bay at once.
with all it's lights out the squadron
steamed into Bocagraudc, with crews al
the guns This was the order or the
squadron, which was kept during the
whole time Of the first battle
The flagship Olympia.
The Baltimore.
The Raleigh.
The Petrol
The Concord.
The Boston.
: a, n
light night, hut the flagship passed Cor
r,gidor Island without a sign being given
that the Spaniards were aware of its APP
9roach.
FIRST SPANISH SHOT FIRED.
Not until the flagship was a mile be-
Nond CorTcEidor was a gun fired. Then
one heavy shot went screaming over the
Raleigh and the Olympia, followed by a
second. which fell further astern.
The Raleigh. the Concord and the Bos-
ton replied, the Concord's shells eXplod-
ing apparently exactly inside the shore
battery. which fired no more.
our squadron slowed down to barCE
steerage way and the men were allowed
to sleep alongside their guns.
Commodore Dewey had timed our ar
rival so that we were within five miles
of the city of Manila at daybrcak
We then sighted the Spanish squadron,
Rear Admiral Montoio commanding. off
Cavitc-pronounccd kahveetay with ac-
cent on the ''vee." Here the Spaniards
had well equipped navy yard called
CaVitc Arsenal
Admiral MOntojo's flag was flying on
the $3.50 ton protected cruiser Reina
Crstina. The protected cruiser Castillo,
of 5000 tons, was moorcd ahead, and
aStern to the port battery and to sea-
ward were the cruisers Don Juan de
Austria, Don Antonio de Ulloa, lsla de
cuba, Isla dc Luzon. Quiros, Marquis
del Onero and General Lezox.
These ships and the flagship remained
under way during most of the action.
OUR SHIPS BEGIN THE ATTACK.
with the United States flag flying at
all their mastheads. our ships moved to
the attack i'm line ahead with a speed of
eight knots, first passing in front of
Manila, whore the action was begun by
three batteries mounting guns powerful
enough to send shell over us at dis
tance of five miles. a
The Concord's guns doomed out q reply
10 these batteries with two shots. No
more were fired. because Commodore
Dewey could not engage with these bat
terieS without sending death and de
struclion into the crowded city
SPANIARDS EXPLODE TWO MINES.
As we nearcd Cavite two very mower
ful submarine mines We're exploded aheaC
"f the flagship. This was at six minutes
past o'clock.
The Spaniards evidently had mismdgec
our position. Immense volumes of water
were thrown high in air by these de
strOyers, but no harm was done to our
ships.
Commodore Dewey had fought with
farragut at New orleans and Mobile
Bay, where he had his first experience
with torpedoes. Not knowing how many
more mines there might be ahead, he still
kept on without faltering.
No other mines exploded. however and
it is believed that the Spaniards had
only these two in place.
Only a few minutes later the shO'. bat
terry at CaVitc Point sent over the nag-
ship shot that nearly hit the battery
IN Manila, but soon the guns got a het-
ter range, and the shells began to strike
near as or burst close aboard from both
the batteries and the Spanish vessels
The heat was intense. Men stripped
off all clothing except their trousers.
As the Olympia drew nearer ali was
as silent ON board as if the ship had
been empty except for the whirr of
blowers and the thrOb of the engines.
suddenly shell burst directly over us
From the bOatSwain's mate at the after
b-tnch gun came hoarse cry.
"REMBMBER THE MAINEm
arose from the throats of five hundred
men at the guns
This WatchWOrd was pa,obt ~, a, t,,r