Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-08-18
COLORADO BOYS LED.
sroRMEpTRENcHEs AT MANILA
Americans Swept Everything Before Them
Until the spanlards ioistcd White
Flag American LOSSES Not Great
Dewey scnds Parties to Capture Other
Ports.

Hong Kong, july lO-General aug
usti was dismissed from his post as
captain general of the Philippines on
August 9th. General Jnuben was or
dered to take over the command OF Ma
nila.
The Americans notified the nuthorl-
ties at Manila that n bombardment by
on August 9th. The city surrendered
on the 18th. and the American nag
was holsted forthwith.
The Spanish officers We're allowed
their freedom on parole. The judiciary
and the administrative offices are to re-
main temporarily In the hands OF the
Spaniards. The insurgents remain out
side of the town.
Admiral Dewey gave General Aug
usti an hour In which to surrender, at
the time of the last demand, made on
Saturday. General Augusti refused to
comply.
The bombarlmcnt. which began at
0:3O n. M, was continued Tor Two
hours. and then the Americans stormed
the trenches. sweeping all before them.
Those within the walls attempted no
resistance.
The First Colorado volunteers
stormed the outer trenches and drove
the Spaniartls into the second line or
defenscs. Then the American troops
swept on. driving all the Spaniards In
to the inner fOrtiticatiOns, where the
Spanish commander, seeing that furth-
er resistance was useless, hoisted the
white flag and surrendered.
The losses. American and Spanish,
are not yet known. The Spaninrds III
the trenches numbered 5000 men. The
American attacking force numbered
10000, and the Americans were bet
ter armed, better trained and In better
condition.
The foreign fleets watched the bonn
bardmcnt with acute interest.
The American wnrships engaged
We're the Olympia, Petrol. Raleigh, Nc
Culloch, Boston, Monterey, Charleston
and Baltimore.
The Spaninrds assert that the fire of
the Americans. for the most part, fell
short. the only effective fire being from
n small gunboat armed with quick-fir-
Ing guns thnt was close In shore.
1t Is asserted by Spaniards that "the
Americans lost heavily In the morning.
owing to the faulty construction OF
their entertainments, which the Span
iards could command from the heights
and upon which they poured CALLING
fire."
Admiral Dewey and General Merritt.
It IL reported, had issued orders to
spare all except armed defenses OF the
city, and consequently the town is un-
tlerstood to have been but little dam
aged. Some street fighting between
the Insurgents and the Spaninrds oc-
Cured on the outskirts, but order pre-
vailed within the walled section. The
American version of the battle Is not
yet obtained.
General Augusti former captain gen.
eral OF the Philippines will start for
Madrid tomorrow by the German mail
steamer.
Consul General Wildman to-day re-
ceived report from Admiral Dewey
saying that 1t was intended after the
capture OF Manila to dispatch cruisers
on August 18th to Iloilo and Cebu to
accept the surrender of those ports and
also to send cruisers to Port Royalst,
In Talawnn. to capture the Spanish
gunboats hiding there. Another ship
was detailed to capture the Spanish
steamers plying between Lauban and
Iloilo. -Four Spanish gunboats mt
Laubnn. In Pnnnin. were also to be
captured. Consul Wildman credits the
report and says that should the vessels
have left before the arrival mt Manila
of the British steamer Australia, which
was chartered to carry the news of the
signing OF the protocol and the cessi-
tion of hostilities to that place, 1t will
also be an impossibility to recall the
vessels in three weeks.
Yesterday deputation Of Hong
Kong Filippinos. headed by Agoncillo.
high commissioner and ambassador of
the Philippines provisional government,
waited upon Consul Wildman and con-
graduated him OH behalf of Aguinaldo
upon the splendid success of the Amer
lean arms in the Philippines and the
happy termination of the war in favor
of America, and requested Mr.. Wild
man to wire President Mckinley their
congratulations and assurances of their
allegiance and an expression of their
hope that the Filippinos will be repre-
sentcd on the Philippine commission.
Agoncillo. on behalf of the Filippinos.
expressed the desire that Consul Wild
man be appointed OH the commission.
London, Aug. 1.-THE Manila CORE
spondent of the Daily Telegraph, tele-
graphing saturday says:
"Nothing could be more humane than
the Americans capture of the town.
General Merritt and Admiral Dewey's
plan was to spare every object but the
armed defcnscs and the trenches. APP
parcntly the American losses We're cX-
treHlely SHltil. nt ''phniSh ih'iehsh-
ments varied In point of distance from
two to four miles from the center of
Old Manila.
"Defending this long line of at least
ten miles We're not over. and probably
under. 5000 Spanish regular troops.
volunteers and natives. About hnlf
that number were In the hospital. The
attacking force numbered from 10000
to 10000 natives and 10000 Americans
OH shore and the fleet. In every re-
spect the advantage was on the side of
the attack. The American field guns
threw heavier metal and had longer
range than the Spanish. the marks
manship of the gunners was much SUI
peror to that OF the S?anlards, and the