Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1898-09-15

from Rio ,Janciro telling Of the safe and
wonderful voyage Of the battleship Ore
gon on its way from San Frlncis[D To
join SIMPSONS fleet.
Dcwey's Great Victory.
On Sunday May !, the FIRST great sea
hattie of the war was fought Conmo-
dore George Dewey made himself Rear
Admiral Dewey and won uudying glory
for the American navy by heading his feet
into the mined harbor of Manila and, un-
der the guns Of the fort on CorreSidor
Island and the heavy Notifications defend
ing the arsenal and navy yard, destroying
the entire Asiatc fleet of Spain. The
Olympia was his flagship, and his remain
ing vessels We're the Baltimore, the Bos-
ton and the Raleigh, protected cruisers;
the Concord and Petrol, gunboats; and
the McCulloch. dispatch boat. With this
force, equal but not superior IN armament
to the Spanish feet, far inferior when the
land batteries are counted. he sunk. burn
cd or blew up eight Spanish cruisers, six
gunboats and three transports
', The sea victory was followed by an at
tack on the land Notifications, which
were RACED The arsenal at Cavite was
also captured. and before noon his guns
commanded the city Of Manila In the
cnga cement not one American life was
lost, while In killed and drowned the Span
ish loss has been placed between 800 and
9o
In the first week In May the definite d.
vision of the ships of the American navy
in Atlantic and Cuban waters into squad
rons and fleets was made. The flying
squadron, Commodore Schley in com
! mand was formed at Hampton Roads,
the vessels being the Brooklyn. flag
ship; the Massachusetts, the Texas, the
Columbia and the Minneapolis. Admiral
Sampson in the blockade line at Havana
had with him besides his flagship, the
New York, the battleships Iowa and In
diana, the cruisers Cincinnati and Mar
blehead. and Il dozen torpedo craft and
gunboats. Matanzas was bombarded for
second time May Z.
The first American casualties OF the war
were on the torpedo boat Wlnslow, off
Cardenas harbor. The killed were En-
sign Worth Bagley and five seamen. The
Winslow attacked three Spanish gun
boats and the shore Notifications, and In
! disregard Of peril the boat was run too
far inshore. 1t was crippled by the fire
and the men were killed before other
| boats could come to its assistance. The
| Spanish gnnboats were disabled by the
re-enforcements and the batteries ST.
| fenced.
Admiral Sampson appeared before San
Juan, Porto Rico, on May II, and bonn
barded the forts for three hours Moro
was partially reduced. Sampson was in
search Of Cervera's fleet, known by this
time To have left the Cape Verde Islands
and to he well on the way to Cuban wat
ers for its famous game Of hide-and seek,
md he made no pronounced effort to re-
duce the Notifications. One American
was killed in the attack, while the Span
ish loss was heavy.
On the following day the flying squad
ron put to sea to aid in finding Cervera,
who was reported then to be at Curacao,
off Venezuela. The two fleets cut off Ger
vera from Havana and on May l8 it was
reported that the Spanish admiral had
taken refuge In Santiago bay.
schlcy Traps Cervera.
Commodore Schley, with the flying
squadron, reached Santiago before Ad-
miral Sampson, and it is known now the
arrival was just in time to prevent dash
by Cervera for Cieufuegos or Havana.
The presence Of Cervern In the bottle was
known TO certainty in a few days
through the daring trip Of Lieut. Victor
Blue, who made circuit Of the bay, even
entering Santiago. Admiral Sampson ar
rived, and the combined fleets began their
long wait for their prey.
The invasion Of the army 10 cooperate
with the fleet at Santiago was planned as
soon as Cervera's whereabouts was
known. President Mckinley issued q
second call for $4,000 volunteers on May
%. The demand was instantly met by
the men who had failed to secure q place
on the first call. The first expedition 10
re-enforce Dewey at Manila sailed also