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Show AWA1TINQ DEWEY'S REPORT. (loseriunent Anstons tu Ascertain ImsoS lie. Waahlngton, May 3. An ofllclal report re-port of tho naval engacincnt at Manila I anxiously awaited, not alone to learn how tho ahlpa fared, buttons, certain the loss of It fo which, In tome quarters, It I feared 1 qulto heavy. All of the ahlpa engaged were vulnerable vul-nerable In ono respect, naiocir,lu their lack of protection to life. There wa not an armored ahlp In Commodore Dewey'a lleot, tho nearest approach being be-ing tho flagship Olympla. hho had aomo coal protection around tho aide nnd an arched ateel dock calculated to protect tho vltala of tho all I p. The other vesels of tho fleet, aro those recently added to tha nary, like tho McCulloch. havo lighter ateel deck of thla character, but In all caaca, with tha exception of aomo alight protection In tho ahapo of gun ahlelda, tho personnel of the ahlp wai expoacd to the lire of the enemy. |