Show 4 40 00 athe 40 0 0 the battle of 0 f manila manil a 01 00 00 0 40 01 1 0 0 01 1 40 0 10 40 g one of the greatest naval battles of 00 00 0 40 4 4 40 modern times 00 00 0 40 4 0 00 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Q it was 4 25 p in saturday april 30 when the american amerlan fleet passed eubig bay which Is on oil the china bea and around mat holes theles peninsula from manila manita an I 1 bantli t ba and steered directly for the enar ince to the mouth ot of the latter As it drew near the entrance the fleet slackened breed for it was war then near sundown all the ship were dark the alicks cleared tor for action and the shar sharpest pst outlook kept in all diree lions the entrance lo 10 the harbor was as thought by the spaniards to be well nell defended and it would bo be so considered against anything but a fleet such as cime came there front roni Hong hongtong kong on the left hand side entering there are two batteries one on point machele Mar larli hele eles an I 1 a smaller one further up tip the bay 0 or r the right hand aide tilde there are also two batteries one at I 1 point an I 1 another at Re chege last are on the cas C alte ite at elle le of the bay in the middle of the eti trine arc aro three Is lands the largest of which Is carre which was to have been fort fortl fied fled but the did not haic liae land arin armament ament to spare it wad aa nn tin der stool that the entrance to the hi as well as the he bay itself was loadis with electric mines and torpedoes I 1 lu u it if this was the case they did not ax x platte tor for the american fleet catl d oter a aid id through them unharmed As the fleet at pro preached ached the enar ince in tho dark the progress became slower lower and one officer of the olympia suggested to commodore dee the danger or of be ing blown up tip to this dewey Is sat sail I 1 to h hive ave replied grimly it s a case of mobile bay day now which was interpret cd ed to mein me in in Firra guta words D n the esi esl oo 00 ahead all this timo e vessels proceeded almost noiselessly I on tb th 1 lay aay when the fleet had rejoined inside of the bay commodore dewcy dewey reformed his line in the following order 1 2 S e 1 I s S u S ia t 4 4 1 v W 0 5 Z r sw 1 0 A s 3 I 1 e 2 I 1 f N the re formation ot of the fleet took tool some little time but so boon aa as thie this was accomplished the flotilla proceed ed with full steam on as though it er balling in broad daylight in america 01 waters it waa as still dark at tl this its time but presently the dawn began to break an and d the sun arose in all its orien oriental tai splendor the weather waa was calm and sultry and over the waters of manila bay a thick haze so common to early morning in those parts hung like a curtain through which the rays of the coming day penetrated with dull but h hues aes ues gradually however this lifted and the dim outlines of at the hills in the neighborhood ot of cavite were discernible lofting whatever en lid ild ba be seen been of the spanish fleet but the Amet leans learl knew know they were but a few minutes away from the greatest naval battle ot of modern times the nerves of the tile officers and mon men on deleys deweys fleet we ere keyed up to the strongest tension every officer was at his post and every gunner behind hia his weapon which ke re had watched for to hours the word had gone around not by word of at mouth but by some subtle psychology remember the maine 1 remember the maine and into drawn faces there came carus that look which one sees bee only when man stirred by strong and primitive emotions determines to and fight hie his enemy to the death tie the breeze fre shored up from oft off cavite and at 4 30 the enemy was in sigbe ships as well as land bitterley bit As near as could be determined at that time eight spanish ships were in tull full view but thel identity identify was as not of course known to the yankee flet it was boon u apparent however that two more spanish cruisers were close at hand and there was other shipping not clearly distinguished by it was plain that the spanish ad miral MIMI wae was taken entirely by surprise ilia ills fleet was ready but he did not expect the americans to inter later the bay admiral montejo had fully expected the american fleet to remain in the vicinity of eubig bay and that he would have to go out to the open water to meet it he lie thought commodore dt ey would try to force an entrance past p mt the bitterley bit of eubig bay and r make n ake a landing there an I 1 the governor gemeril had bad a force of 8 00 men there to pro vent a junction between bet een the insurgents insurgent and the americans that the litter latter would hive the temerity to erter the mine mint sowed ba and give him b bittle bittl in front of manila never entered hia ills head I 1 with the rapidity for which he la Is noted admiral formed his line it Is not known yet what his exact for int netlon tion was it Is a mistake however hoever to sa that the castilla was part of the formation that cruiser ran aground friday morning and could not riot be dislodged she was unis therefore limpros improvise ise I 1 as part of the land batteries although altho agh a good portion of her ber armament corn earn the movable guns wae wits removed to shore saturday I 1 later ater she was riddled with american shells some of at which set her on fire and find ebe she burdei nearly to the water waters s edge the american fleet forced the fighting from the first captain wildes of the hoston boston was nas ordered to run out ahead and his ship had the honor of at firing the first shot the effect was not noticed for the bittle began almost immediately afterward on both aides sides the fire of the 13 spanish fleet being aug merited b bv that ot of the cavite batteries under order the american boata boats deployed to the right and left until or dered tiered back for the formation and ad vance which finally destroyed the spanish fleet montejo direct ed the movement of his fleet from the deck of at the relna reina maria christina dur ing the early part of the fight and commodore dewey never left the olympia until it waa was all over the doston boston and baltimore were in at adva ivance iua of the american line and th the roar at 0 their guns wa incessant 4 presently the i commodore commodores a flagship came up as though en envious ilous of the part the others were playing her main batter of eight inch guns was soon thundering arway while the cannon at 0 the and raleigh vero were making nuking it interesting for the remainder of the spanish boats the petrel was not idle nor was the tire mcculloch which dodged in and out among the fleet dolny doing he its work of dispatch boat the cotee noise of the bombardment was deafen ing on both sides and the firing con the dense smoke which soon arose and obscured the fleets from each other was was well nigh continuous although every shot was Inter intended ded to count the noise was plainly beard heard at manila each abot being belm easily noted although of course the result was v as not knot known n sullenly Sul denly a spanish Sp antall ship which proved afterward to ie the don juan de austria ran down the spanish line under a mistaken signal from the admiral it wae was struck at least three times by the american shells one of which was plainly seeh to hit one of iti its guns disabling it it fired ae as it went bui bur a sho ho irom rom an eight on the olympia struck the S anish boat near the waterline wa hers saw the don ju jubil tu quis er as a nor e does i w hen shot in battle then in a sudden cessation of at firing on both sides which seemed almost for the purpose of watching what fol followed lomed the spanish exploded with a noise which made all the cannonading that had bonol before sound like the popping of I 1 so many corlie tb the tell tearing ring of steel the splitting of at timbers even the shrieks of the wounded could be plainly heard fou wowing owing this adful noise dead bodies ot or men were seen flying through the air while the survivors sun sur ivors were noticed gimping from the th decks rhe fhe don juan careened over oer to port righted again and dipped once more and began to sink hardly a seconds second a time elapsed between the striking ot of the fatal shot and the ex but it seemed scorned to the catchers watchers that it was he the minutes the shot stint undoubtedly I 1 enet and find exploded tha the don juan a 8 magazines the americans had an opportunity to sie this tor for at that moment mo ment the dense ten be clou C lou Is 0 of emoke had settled in the direction ct at the spanish line while the american ships were nere corn com liely free the lice v ice consuls consul a re port says the notoriously bad marksmanship of the Spin lards tards was apparent from rom the wirt the fiedt as managed with daring and skill but although numerically stronger than its enemy it vaa atas no match tor for it in gunnery the latter was splendid an ani I 1 much regret 1 expressed that our n is at 1 representatives were acre i ot at glen ghen a better opportunity to tike vike note of an engage ment which must mark an epoch in naval nasal ir tare fare As a matter of fact the boston and miltimore Dilt imore ft were ere to have been struck strack by spanish fjells and several men kille I 1 and wounded but the victims ic tinis having been landed at a distant point upon the shore the names could not be ascertained certa ined at the time the spanish au thorlies thor ldes les cut the cable or at least stop ped its use at manila when the don juan blew up tip a cheer arose from each ot of the american flee fleet and again the cry went up remember tho maine the maine Is avenged from frain his bit post commodore dewey gave out his orders and these commands were to keep man maneuvering euering it was this order which rendered tendered the sho shots t g f from rom the spanish gunners so ineffective r if dv adeol M SPAIN S ASIATIC SQUADRON annihilated DY BY AMERICAN FLEET UNDER CAPT DEWEY IN MANILLA HARBOR SUNDAY MAY I 1 they and their commanding officers seemed unable to locate any of the american ships la in time to deliver the broadsides where here they intended no sooner would a ft gun be sighted than the whole american Ane rican squadron would have seemed to change position and the spanish shot shots simply churned the water in the bay those shells which did take effect did eo so almost without exception merely by chance and it la Is quite likely that some of them came from the land batteries s when the spaniards heard beard the explosion of the don juan they gave shouts ot of joy thinking it tas T as one ot of the american fleet beet but when the dull yellow smoke lifted and they saw their cruiser a total wreck and the bay in its vicinity tull full of dead and wounded spanish officers they shrieked with agony and montejo Is to said to have lost his head and to have run up and down the deck alternately cursing the yankees and the don juan a captain for his reckless ness the explosion unnerved the whole v AKER EK 4 aa 41 T A r A r A il a i at 7 4 40 1 A J 4 0 o 1 1 t it 4 mt TUB jl A for 41 b aj THE OIA CA PT DI N ll 11 3 h spanish flett and it may be slid to hae determined the whole bittle tor for it proved prove the turning point montejo hid had h id no time for vain regrets tw for his ills own a n flagship was soon struck twice tm ice by shells the attack of 0 the Amt american rican fleet was aas recommenced almost imme diatel after the explosion ind sonio 0 of f the hardest knocks were directed at the relna reina maria Christ livi her iler cap vila t aln cardozo and eight gunners anere ft ere killed b a shell and almost in the tile same instant a full broadside from front two ONO american ships struck the boat killing two officers and i i number of men just then the maria christina was as disco discovered ered to be on fire and sinking the crew broka brol from all discipline and rushed to the sides jumping over oer officers ant ani men preferring to trust to their a powers era as swimmer rather than suffer stiffer the fate of their companions of the don J ian ran several other shots struck her but the americans seeing that tt it would be a waste aste of powder turned their attention to the other boat ohp maria martz christina begin to sink rapidly and admiral montejo and a few officers had barely time to untangle a boat and pull off in it before his ills flagship the finest spanish boat la in asiatic asia tic waters sank in the bay he lie tried to reach the relna reina mercedes but she was in so hot a corner t it be he had to go on board the nearest bo w aich proved pros ed to be the lela isla de aiba oiba a lt email small and interior cruiser it la Is said that a majority ot of the relna reina christina a crew were hilled killed or drowned but some of the men were picked up by the spanish fleet and the ship s ecart loss in men cannot now be ascertained the flag ship burned fernely during the rest of the fight but bank sank before any explosion could occur she Is a total areck w reek all this had taken place within sixty minutes there wae was not a gun on board the american fleet alch had not beba used and most of them had done execution the spanish cruiser relna reina mercedes was engaged by the baltimore and concord the shells of ahl which ell did frightful damage to her and ebe she was obliged to retire behind the spanish line the boston and raleigh did splendid work along with their sister chips ships the battery which hid been rigged r I 1 9 ged up lip on the sunken Castil hi fired R few shots at the enemy but vu as quickly buic kly disabled by the american arne rican guns the cavite battery kept up a steady can no upon the american fleet but many of its shots fell short and some came nearer to the spanish boats than to the americans after the battle had bad raged tor for an hour the american fleet retired by twos to the nashan an ani I 1 manro where they re coaled eil the remainder of the fleet keeping up the fight ione none of commodore dewey fleet show showed pd any apparent injury to the spanish fleet they maneuvered with as much ease as thourl the were through a squadron evolution la in calm waters nearly all the spanish fleet showed bad injuries and the loss 1088 of life among their bailors wag so great that the commanders moved d the ahlas with difficulty the transfer I 1 of montejo Nion telo d flag to the ish isla de cuba was not noticed for some time in the contusion confusion an ant I 1 wreck of the spanish fleet and it 11 was nearly fifteen minutes before he be made hia his boat boats understand where their admiral was 25 and what he wanted anted them to do then there was a cessation of really hard fighting for about twenty tu ent T ra lUtes when the american fleet reformed re formed lib ith line and began once more this time the ida iola de min danao a converted cruiser and the don artonio c viloa were so badly disabled thit th it the DIMI me took no further i in 11 abi bout abtin the guns at atcas ca ar a steady bass chorus to r and the gunnes app hired tired better range fleet for dewey ordet change ct of base and thi forced in n the direction of ti tejo had ba b this tin ii pie bence of mind and audd tu rr shattered line pre predent tent battered bitt ered front to the tz m deavo deiv red ored to put heart li but the fight had been till i Span spaniards lards and they seem there was not the allagit their winning montejon Monte joi most of his men behave the first hour an I 1 stool stood 1 1 with desperate braiedy lt tj to the foreign bor bar that they ey were A ere gutc ou ners as their coni manden eln i men the last hilt hilf hoc ae hid no heart in it so far an lards were concerned ai aa N elaido 1 and cuba dereu A ere tj which really made maide any ah ing up to the the work of the aleric arne akl sho shonn n to be more effic tin first supposed for la in t tin manila three other seiti ships were seen them be ascertained the sp merit |