The Portland daily press., 1898-10-29
At MANILA.
A Portland Boys Story Of the Fall
Of the Philippine City.
SCENES QUAINT AND CURIOUS IN
THE ANCIENT TOWN.

Captive spaniards Cordially CT eeted Their
ors and Yankee Tars-Street Scenes in
Man,Ia-Its Palaces and Museums-Ex-
tracts from Letters by DIR. Chauncey
Rsa Burr.
Some time ago the PRESS printed a
letter from DR.. Chauncey Rea Burr, for
merIy Of this city and now surgeon in
the feet of Admiral Dewey. DR.. Burr'a
account of the voyage Of the monitor
Monterey to the Philippines was one of
the most interesting of the many articles
published on the doings of the American
ships of war in the Pacific. Since then,
DR.. Burr has witnessed many of the STIR
ring scenes attending the fall of Manila,
and has visited that quaint and curious
town. He has written a number Of let
tiers to relatives and friends concerning
his experiences In the Philippines, and
from these letters the PRESS has been
permitted to make the following extracts,
telling of the exciting scenes Of the bonn
bardmsnt and picturing the city over
which now flies the American. flag:
On Board q. S. s. Mon terey,
At anchor of Cavite, Manila Bay
Aug. 16. 1898.
have written several letters, but have
waited until the last for this one. that
might give you the latest news.
Manila has falleni The stars and stripes
float from the citadel. Eight Americans
have been killed, 80 wounded; 100 Span
iards were killed; their number in
wounded do not know; 1000 Spaniards
have surrendered.
On Sunday, Aug. 7th, the Admiral
sent an ultimatum to the Spanish general
that unless the city surrendered within
4S hours the feet would lombard it. The
city did not surrender, though it was
whispered that ID would do so after q
show Of resistance. On the 9th the for
eign feet before Manila broke up. Four
English and two Japanese men -of-war
oams to our side Of the harbor and an.
chored near us. About twelve English
merchantmen anchored behind our lines.
The Germans whom VIZ have all along
viewed with suspicion, Withdrew by
themselves; the French remained out of
range ON the other side Of the bay. 1t
seems to me an object lesson to the eff cot
that II the Germans attack the Eng
lish fight on our side. The gossip of the
ship is that the German ships are painted
a war color, and that at lunch ashore
recently the German admiral asked the
English admiral what the latter would do
If the former interfered to prevent this
bonn bardment. The Englishman replied,
"I would advise you not to attempt it. -
On the 18th as daybreak the ships were
cleared for action, and at a. M. moved
forward In BATHS formation, the Monte
rey leading. My station was in the ward
room, where Boyer, the bayman, had
converted the ward room table into an
operating table. All my instruments,
etc., were ready, and I, with bare arms
and apron on, waited for the wounded.
But they came not. The Monterey was
not allowed TO fire, though she shook
with the conclusion of the other ships'
cannon. For six hours we slowly ma
noeuvred in IS feet of water within rife
shot Of the shore, pointing all four of our
big guns, Betsy, Alice, Long Tom and
Tom Thumb, at the battery on the shore
containing the ten inoh Krupp guns. The
Spaniard sazed at our twelve inch guns
and was wise. He might have sunk us