Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-08-20

cording to dispatch from Hong
Kong, was dismissed from his post as
captain general of the Philippines on
August 5. Gen. Jaudemes was ordered
to take command at Manila. The city
surrendered on the 18th and the Amer
lean flag was hoisted forthwith. The
Spanish officers were 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
outside the town.
Hong Kong, Aug. 17.-Admirat
Dewey gave Augusti an hour in which
to surrender, at the time of the last
demand, made on Saturday. Augusti
refused to comply. The lombard
| ment, which began at $3.50 a. m, was
continued for two hours and then the
| Americans stormed the trenches,
sweeping all before them. Those
within the walls attempted no resist
ance. The First Colorado volunteers
| stormed the outer trenches and drove
| the Spaniards into the second line of
| defenses. Then the American troops
swept on, driving all the Spaniards
into the inner Notifications, where the
| Spanish commander, seeing that fur
| ther resistance was useless, hoisted
the white bag and surrendered.
The losses, American and Spanish,
are not yet known. The Spaniards in
the trenches probably numbered 5000.
| The American attacking force num-
bered 10000 and the Americans were
better armed, better trained and in
better condition. The foreign fleets
watched the bombardment with acute
interest. The American warships en-
gagged were the Olympia, Petrel, Ra-
| leigh, McCulloch, Boston, Monterey,
Charleston and Baltimore.
London, Aug. 17.-The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Times says:
mo consistent story of the fight has
arrived, but it appears that on Satur-
day morning the Spaniards refused to
surrender. At 10 o'clock Admiral
Dewey took the squadron over from
Cavite to the front of the city. At the
same time the American troops ad-
vanced to attack the Spanish trenches
at Malate. A fierce struggle ensued,
lasting over two hours. The ships re-
duced the forts, while the troops car
ried the trenches and forced the Span
iards back into the walled city, where
the Spaniards surrendered.
"Gov. Gen. Augusti and his family,
by prearrangement, were taken on
board the German cruiser, which
steamed at a speed of II knots to Hong
Konk 1t is supposed that the land
forces of both sides suffered heavily"
The Manila correspondent of the
Telegraph says: Nothing could be
more humane than the Americans
capture of the town. Gen. Merritt and
Admiral Dewey's plan was to spare
every object but the armed de-
fenses and the trenches. Apparently
the American losses were extremely
small The Spanish intrenchments
varied in point of distance from two
to four miles from the center of Ma
Mia. Defending this long line of at
least ten miles were not over 5000
Spanish troops. About half that num-
Der were in hospitals.
The attacking force numbered from
10000 to 10000 natives and 10000
Americans on shore and aboard the
fleet. In every respect the advantage
was on the side of the attack. The
American field guns threw heavier
metal and had longer range than the
Spanish, til" craftsmanship of the
United States gunners was much su-
perior to that of the Spaniards and
the men were stronger and in better
condition. The Spaniards, worn out by
hundred days siege, mad lost heart.
1t was a hopeless struggle.
Looking over the bay it was curious
to notice the foreign fleets arrange
themselves according to their SYM
pathies. The English and japanese
were near the Americans and the Ger
mans and French on the opposite sides
of the bay, north of the Pasig river
The British cruiser Immortalite and
consorts kept near the American line.
The attacking squadron formed in line
between Malate and Manila, with the
Concord watching the fort at the
mouth of the Pasig. The American
fleet lay outside the breakwater. The
Olympia fired the first shot at 0:40 and
: Il fairly continuous but by no means
furious cannonade was kept up until
1920. BY that time the AIalate fort
} was silenced and the American troops
then stormed the intrenchments. The
Spaniards who were III the earthworks
} tell me the quick firing guns of the
little gunboat Rapido, which lay close
to the Shore were far more terrible in
their effects than the raking fire of
the ships.
Resistance to the American attack
was impossible. The First Colorado
regiment was the earliest to charge
The Spaniards, who retired to the sec
ond line, but soon outnumbered they
were forced into the old city. A part
of Malate suffered severely from the
l bombardment. The Spanish COM
: mander, convinced that further resist
I ance was hopeless, hoisted white flag
"a. 1880 and the order to cease firing
was Immediately issued in the center
| of the town, but in the outskirts street
/, / fighting continued for some time
/ afterwards between the rebels and
Spaniards.