The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-09

plos,on. They were both utterly un-
successful.
1.-THE American fleet was then drawing
nearer and nearer to the Spanlards,
whose gunnery was very poor, the shots
from the Cavities batteries and from the
Spanish ships being equally badly aimed
either falling short or going wide OF the
mark. When the American fleet entered
the bay, coming through the southern
channel, between Cabaalo Frile tslets.
the following was their order: The flag,
ship Olympia. the Baltimore. the Raj
eish, Concord, Boston, Petrol and Nc.
Culloch. with the two store ships, the
Nanshan and Zafiro, bringing up the
rear, and in that order they swept
grandly before the city, and faced the
enemy in column line. Though the
Spaniards had opened fire at 5000 yards.
,. the Americans reserved their fire until
within 1000 yards of the enemy, when
the real battle began.
The Reina Christina, castillia. Don
Antonio de Ulloa, Islelde Cuba, Isle de
Luzon. and the Mandano were In line Of
battle outside Of cayite, at that time
with four gunboats and the torpedo
boats inside the harbor.
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wards and forwards six times across the
front OF the Spanish ships pouring up.
on the latter perfect hail OF shot and
shell. Every American shot seemed to
tell, while almost every Spanish shot
missed the mark. After having thusscat-
tered death and decentralization among
the Spanish feet and in the Spanish
batteries, the American fleet retired for
breakfast and incidentally, council OF
war was held on board the Olympia.
BY this time the Spanish ships were In
O desperate condition. The flagship
Reina Christina was riddled with shot
and shell. one OF her steam pipes had
burst and she was believed to be on
fire. The Castillo was certainly on
fire. and, soon afterwards. their condi-
ton became worse and worse. until
they were eventually burned to the wa
ters edge.
Desperate Show OF Bravery. ~
The Don Antonio de Ulloa made a
most magnificent show OF desperate
bravery. When her commander found
che was so torn by the American shells
that he could not keep her afloat, he
nailed her colors to the mast and she
sank with all hands fighting to the
last. Her hull was completely ridd1ed
and her upper deck had been swept
clean by the awful fire OF the American
guns, but the Spanlards, though their
vessels were sinking beneath them,
continued working the guns on her
lower deck until she sank beneath the
waters.
During the engagement a Spanish tor
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round the offing, In an attempt to at
tack the American store ships, but she
was promptly discovered, was driven
ashore and was actually shot to pieces.
The Nindanao had In the meanwhile
been run ashore to save her from sink
ing and the Spanish small craft had
sought shelter from the steel storm be-
hind the breakwater.
The battle, which was started at about
$50 a. m. and adjourned at $3.50 a. M,
was resumed about noon. when Com
modore Dewey started In to put the fin
ishlng touches on his glorious work.
There was not much fight left In the
Spaniards and at o. m. the Petrol had
shot the Cavite batteries into silence,
leaving them heaps of ruins and float
ing the white flag.
The Spanish gunboats were then scut-
+,ad tbe arsenal was on fro and fine
arn,os,on NJ n snonish magazine caused
,nr,bor 'norta ,Itv among the defenders
OF Spain on shore. a
On the water the burning, sunken
or destroyed Spanish vessels could be
seen while only the cruiser Baltimore
had suffered In any way from the fire of
the enemy. A shot which struck her
exploded some ammunition near one OF
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