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At Manila It Looks Looks That SPANISH SQUADRON He Surprised Them at Early Dawn and Wiped the Spanish Fleet Out of Tessel Was Either Burned Blown Sunk or Scuttled by the Crew to Avoid Engagements Last Four Hours and Spanish Fleet and Forts Surrenders As Washington Hears It. j retired only to the support of the batteries May 2-A member of the nival war who has studied ews thus far received from VHP mi- and this Spanish fleet was out of The vessels that werp not sunk or burned were either cap- or driven to some shelter close under She guns of the Manilla were they will be taken From counts two battles weie first the mouth of the bay and the second on The News from May 2-The Asiatic squadron of It that Commodore Dewey attacked the Spanish fleet in col- umn formation and that they to meet him in line of is shown by the annihilation learned that the entire Spanish fleet was the United Commodore Dewey com- Sunday engaged and completely defeated the Asiatic squadron of Spain in the harbor of Manilla in the Islands All the news of the great naval battle thus far is coming from Spanish This shows that illa has not jet been taken by the American forces ai d that the cable lines are still under the control of From the fact that even the received from Madrid show that the American warships fared the patch announces that the fleet Manilla harbor iat daybreak stationing itself opposite the A fort opened nre en the American they shifted their position to one near in Manilla engaging in a fierce fight against both the forts and the Spanish fleet The ent kern lasted two hours and resulted in the annihilation of the Spanish American the name of which is not is said to have been The despatch adds the American ships withdrew their magazine vessel in the centre of the stead for the purpose of Commodore Dewey requested the British Consul Walker to convey a sage to the Spanish governor de- manding surrender of all torpedos and puns of Manilla and the possession the cable saiing unless these terms were complied with he would to bard the The first of the cable sages ends with the statement that the ish officials were conferring with the British consul and the telegraph companies and that pending a decision cables are not permitted to handle The second dispatch received at the ial office announces that the govern or general refused to surrender the guns and cable offices and had pre- vented the agent of the telegraph company from conferring with Commodore The message ended with a statement that the British governor of the Straits ments expected the bombardment of Spanish of the Beina Maria would naturally be the center of the line of battle The Doi Juan du Reports of the battle thus far are coming in During the two engagements ACCOM Of the Sweeping American Naval Victory BEAT SHIPS AND FORTS Dewey Entered the Harbor Under Cover of Night and at 3 O'clock Came Dp With the Fleet Lying Under Cover of a Continued for Four Hours Spanish Vessels Sunk or Burned and Others May Madrid ent of the Times describing the Manilla en- gagement Con- Petrel and entered the bay cover of darkness by the smaller and safer The forts on Cor- Island gave the alarm by firing on the but they seem to have in- no serious The American squadron moved up the bay and at 8 in the morning appeared before lying under the shelter of was the fire wen damaged The ginnery of the forts at this time is re- ported This probably was to the fact that the first encounter took place well off the shore and also that steel Keina and the ored were burned and the cruiser Don Juan da Austria was blown vessel of the for fear of deterred accurate their own Spanish wiog not cut off in the first seeing the destruction j nig the Reina wrought upon their made ott up the bay under a hot fire from the There was heavy loss of life among the Captain commanding the Reina was Commodore commanding The Daily War May 2 is all of Dewey today and his wonderful tory in the Islands on Sunday yHe entered the harbor of Manilla under cover of the completely surprising the fleet and neither of which was ready for The attack began at dawn by the Spanish forts firing on rican Dewey answered as soon as it was light the Spanish fleet which was under cover of the batteries and cleaned them out Authorities at Madrid admit that they were beaten in the naval battle and in fact admit the practical annihilation of the Spanish fleet fleet was drawn up m line of walked through their center and then proceeded to Spanish captain general twenty-four hours in which to surrender all the guns and proper answer Dewey will begin bombarding the American COMMODORE who by this time were ready to deal After repairing damages and attending to bis Commodore lod his fleet after the which sought temporary safety near the It was here that the complete victory over the was The dispatches stato in the encounter the Cavite forts maintained steadier and stronger fire on the Americans than in the first engagement Our vessels then bad come to them in order to destroy the aants of the Spanish ships not captured are either sunk or Except their dan aged condition fame of them would hare sought flight by sea after the Prom the nature of the engagement it was at close The Spanish ships were none of them Their sides could be pierced by the smallest In the battle it is likely that the forte also received attention from the Christina to the Isla de a much smaller steel protected just before the The blowing ap of the Don Juan de was attended by a great loss of life among the her com- mander also being Commodore Dewey's leaving Bay a few miles from Manilla about 4 o'clock Saturday proceeded ward Under the cover of darkness he entered the harbor of the teries located there his Both fleets lined up for battle about o'clock in the The guns of the American warships began firing on fortress of and the arsenal of Under the protection of the guns of these fortifications the ish warships opened fire on the American For several hours the harbor re- sounded with the roar of the ing of and the shrieks and groans of the the thick clouds smoke at times almost the op- posing fleets from each A well directed shot reached the iron Don Juan de a vessel of 1100 A explosion followed and the ship was blown All the time ing the first engagement the American ships were under their maneuvering being to render the ship of the Spanish gunners less The American about 9 o clock drew to the west side of the bay and took refuse behind some foreign The ships tiad evidently considerable After some hasty repairs they re- to the During this ment the guns of Cavite maintained a and stronger fire upon Commodore Spanish captain general asks Madrid what to do and at Madrid they tell him to to Probable therefore that Dewey will be m the saddle at the fleet fought desperately and quit only when there was nothing to fight Dewey accused of firing petroleum bombs and setting fire to Spanish ships and to the town of Cavite and to part ot How was received at at London revolution in Madrid Martial law claimed Weyler talks about the United entire stock of coal in charge of the govern ment The ultimatum asserts that no money levy will be made upon The despatch says it is believed at Madrid that the government has already cabled to comply with the no other course being Grave events may follow public knowledge of this Dewey Has Won May 2-Llttle additional news has arrived form Manilla but the fact is Dewey is now in of Manila Bay and can certainly possession of even if he finds difficulty in effectually capturing Manila owing to the absence of the necessary ing Having thus a naval he will have no difficulty in securing supplies of McKinley's Instructions to May 2-Preeident McKinley himself drew the instructions to dore A cabinet officer informed a correspondent that they were as Proceed tto come to anchor about mites off i watch for the Spanish If you can engage them out of range of shore destroy Then try to occupy the but keep safe range from shore H fleet has try to find it If i make a using your own guided by the advice of can destroy batteries but no Ambassador Hay Wires News of May 2-Secretary Long bis advices from the British consul at Manila through the London foreign office that the Spanish fleet had been totally Ambassador Hay advised the state ment here ef what had Mr. Long also said that the conference between the British consul and Commodore Dewey meant the latter had made a demand on the city of Manilla to surrender and that it had been refused and that Commodore Dewey had requested the British consul to inform foreigners and to draw immediately as he would bombard the Commodore Dewey requested the British Consul E. B. to convey a message to the Spanish demanding the surrender of all the and guns at Manilla and the sion ol the cable offices saying that unless these terms were complied with he proceed to bombard the How They Like It at May authorities adopted the most extreme military precautions to check the Increasing public indignation at the disaster to the Spanish Martial law will be proclaimed if the it Authorities are provoked over hostile demonstrations in the and the feeling of discontent which prevails The military 11.00 PER YEAR martial law is due to the of tain political parties since news from The whole garrison is ready in the It is suggested at that the hall breed at Manilla arsenal are gent at and that they cut cables with submarine enabling Dewey to force the harbor in Sagasta Talks of May 2-An official news agency despatch from this has gone to the It is understood his object is to communicate to the queen regent despatches that the town of Cavite has been razed and that the unfortified part of Manilla bu besn Americans fired Perished Rather Than Paris May 2-Madrid advices say no Spanish warship surrendered and that the majority Another dispatch mates the Spanish losses at 100 men State of Siege In May council night decided to proclaim a of They Tell Him to Heave May 2-A special from says that Dewey gave twenty-four hours to comply with his uV manding all stores and It is believed the government has cabled to The Pope Is May 2-The pope Is prostrated by the news from He expressed ror at the terrible loss of life and said he wished be had died before seeing such a The Dons May Madrid special surprise and disappointment was caused by the tion done by the American as it bid been officially stated that the authorities at Manilla had received sixty torpedos and heavy guns to strengthen the crast de- particularly the defenses defending the two channels on right and left of Cor- Was A Complete May appeared that Ad- miral Montejo was taken altogether by surprise and Spanish authorities generally were in a utter The forts were not the harbor noV and there were no search lights and the American squadron was sighted It bad already paused the outer and pal On every side In England is beard praise for the skill and daring displayed by Dewey in the situation if anything bad be would bava been caught would begin on Monday 1 a few when would cut the i went to Subic Bay to look for No other messages on the subject were but learning they were vastly superior in received although the colonial had prudently retired and placed the or from the British con- ships under protection of sul at the Spaniards cut the GWS luB Therefore it is supposed This was his only chance meeting enemy on something like equal and IB Spaniards cut me May 2-It is now II sides that the Spanish fleet at Manilla and the all sides that the has been completely feel equally with the civil elements the of the in which according to one inferior war craft although they ished through lack of in sponsible Newspapers express a determination to avenge the defeat of the Spanish The conduct of the Spanish admiral in sinking the of his fleet to prevent its capture is The advises the government to arm all available shipping as an auxiliary fleet to prey on American The queen regent declared that her spirit can never be daunted so long as she can rely on the patriotism and courage of El Liberal's Manila cable Admiral the Spanish edges that the Spanish fleet is completely demolished and adds that the crew of the warship Mindanao is The United States fleet bus established a ade of of Manilli ate flee in a most desperate the same time credit is given who bad wretched fleet and stood no chance except from the assistance .be might receive from has been complete Montejo cables that be has been defea ed B vigorously and the com u and his ships His American The casualties ashore as as aboard the enemy's undoubtedly tars fought with there is no It is likely that mor than onto the battle cry of th was passed from man 1 will be surprising too if the Spanish losse do not foot up many more than 266. Th trews of the three ships admitted by Span ish authorities to have been sunk number 800 men and the greater part of these surely were killed or As all small boats were either left or dropped over- board at the beginning of the there TOS no chance for an effort to be made to on the That Spaniards fought well and to the death is for four during which the Don Antonio de the cruiser Beina and the armored Castila were burned and wele the cruiser Don Juan de Austria blown It d that Admiral Montejo blew up the remnant of his fleet to prevent their were oj capture by The Spanish ministers admit that the battle of Manilla ended in the utter annihilation of the Spanish But not one but they are resolved not to spare any in the defense of the tina and Don Juan de Austria were per ed. One or two smaller craft by their crews to escape cap- Others took in a small neigh into Bilker Jewry's ships than in the first the American guns were being used with telling As the smoke lifted it was seen that the flagship Keina Christina was on The vessel was completely In the inter- vals between the two engagements Com- modore Montejo moved his flag from the leina Christina to the smaller Isla To the fact that he made this change he doubtless owes his The cruiser next to the flagship the largest and most powerful of Spanish orn was also The cruisers Don Antonio de Cilia and the Mindanao were also badly damaged in this That the American t squadron received severe damage in the engagement cannot be Early reports bad it that five o IB to follow But not one Dewey Demanded j The News In Madrid May 2-E1 says that Ln May 2-In f-e house ol Dewey has demanded the of all ment at the and at all government vessels in the offices particularly the bril to bombard ports if he was liant t of the Spanis by he Th. formation of a national ministry is Asiatic was he luu Ul ng from the Bombardment of town is expected The British consul at R. S. a conference with Commodore the ob- ject of which is The London special cans are now moving on but there has been no capitulation General Augusta will probably defend Ihe Plaza of Spanish ministers admit The moral influence of the first victory is and though it practically certain Spain will not yield until she has tried conclusion in the and also where she hopes for better luck with her really first class fighting it is a similar victory in Cuban waters would produce signs of a revolution in compelling an endeavor to come to Washington Celebrates The D. 0., May Dewey's victory has made with Last night whan the bulletins began to announce the crowds assembled in front of them until at each of the four or five places where in in- formation was given the of people many ol whom did not go home at Flags were flying from nearly all the buildings in the city by and everywhere were heard ions of joy over the defeat of the Spanish Madrid Celebrates April celebrations to honor of Spanish and victims of one subject talked oi the s aac It is expected to decide on a reply to request lor instructions from the cap- ain general of the Fleet Hill Sail May 16. of the American navy All information obtainable concerning the Spanish force of auxiliary cruisers tends to show that it has been The best two the Columbia by the destruction wrought iid not run away until each a They Commodore Dewey's ships had been sunk Later advices from Madrid put it at two Trustworthy details of the American loss o life will hardly be obtainable until Com- modore Fewey baa taken Manilla or has nt a vessel with dispatches The News Through English May 2-The details of the battle of Manilla have been received by the Brit ith Colonial They came two cable received yesterday the of which has been te the Press by the officials of the May 2-According to a despatch and formerly of the from Cadiz to the Daily it to American are yet it Is De- believed there that orders have been gives Spain will be unable to secure for the fleet of five vessels to start for ament for Cuba May 15. The chief factor of that remaining ish force of auxiliary cruisers consist in six steamers to the Barcelona aza the battle ended in the utter rout of the Spanish The Spanish warship Reina Maria tina and Castila have been totally One vessel was purposely sunk and the are The American fleet is be- to Do much Martial law will be proclaimed here if any hostile demonstrations occur in the The Spanish ministers are to their resources in defence of the national Minister of Marine Admiral this morning stated after the cabinet meet ing that the account of yesterday's battle sent by the governor of the bad been completely born out by later The last shot was Bred at when the American war ships steamed off. May special from Madrid May special irom steamship company They are Cuba and undertake the e warfare against the Two are with the and head an army of in- and pedo an Dewey With the May Daily bu despatches from Hong Kong saying that Electri aid not run away until a movement ne I IT. first cable dis we a military even then Colonial Tie first cable tiago de Cuba and two an at Dewey's Ultimatum May to a reported despatch from War Ships at May 2-A German warship bss left for with the Irene now enroute from will make three German warships in the The last official statistics snow that abort 100 Germans are In The German warship gone left Manilla to protect Martial Law in May 2-A despatch from Madrid Tto as in spite of the bad news from the The sion passed off amid but there were no patriotic in Madrid This May 3-2 a. mob tried to break into the Apollo theatre to bold The police prevented Windows were before the mob Madrid Hopes for May 2-A despatch from Madrid says that all especially hope for the Intervention of continental especially Germany and Think We Want May 2-It is believed in political circles here that America has gained the she really had in ised not to annex but giving no promise as to the Another Naval Mew May 2-Tbe steamship formerly the American her dock tonight under seated carried a full supply ot stores for M ex- tended cruise and bad 6000 tone of coal No of 'the May 2-No agreement bae bead arrived at between the tat tion at any future of highly
