Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . )assed clear through to the bow. That shot ex-ploded the boilers and killed more than sixty men,. DEWEYS VICTORY AT MANILA. 243 one of whom was the captain. The Reina Cristina atonce was set on iire by the shot, and Admiral Montojohad to leave the ship and go to another, the Isla deCuba. Dewey was now on the return part of his secondeight. He met a new difficulty. Two torpedo boatswere seen to start from under the forts at Cavite anddart toward the Olympia. When they were threemiles away, Deweys men began to shoot at them withthe big guns, but could not hi
Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . )assed clear through to the bow. That shot ex-ploded the boilers and killed more than sixty men,. DEWEYS VICTORY AT MANILA. 243 one of whom was the captain. The Reina Cristina atonce was set on iire by the shot, and Admiral Montojohad to leave the ship and go to another, the Isla deCuba. Dewey was now on the return part of his secondeight. He met a new difficulty. Two torpedo boatswere seen to start from under the forts at Cavite anddart toward the Olympia. When they were threemiles away, Deweys men began to shoot at them withthe big guns, but could not hit them because they wereso small. On they came with great speed. This wasthe most trying part of the day. The American gun-ners watched them eagerly. When they were withineight hundred yards of the Olympia Dewey gave theword for the small guns on his ship to be turned againstthem. A terrible rain of steel was poured on torpedo boat in the lead stopped suddenly, thenwent on a few yards, and finally a black puff of smokeburst from her decks. The American gunners hadshot into her boilers and she blew up and sank atonce. Tli
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