. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. an engagement in the bay thesetwo reserve ships could follow and destroythe provision and coal ships, and probablythe McCulloch. At 11:30 a. m. the squadron is about eightymiles from Manila bay. The Baltimore haskept close inshore and is now below the hori-zon, only her smoke being visible. The flag-ship has signaled that the schooner over-hauled by the Zafiro had no information togive. At 2 oclock the distance to Subig bayis ten miles, and to Corregidor, at the mouthof Manila bay, about forty mi
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. an engagement in the bay thesetwo reserve ships could follow and destroythe provision and coal ships, and probablythe McCulloch. At 11:30 a. m. the squadron is about eightymiles from Manila bay. The Baltimore haskept close inshore and is now below the hori-zon, only her smoke being visible. The flag-ship has signaled that the schooner over-hauled by the Zafiro had no information togive. At 2 oclock the distance to Subig bayis ten miles, and to Corregidor, at the mouthof Manila bay, about forty miles. The workof lowering the after lifeboats of the McCul-loch down half-way to the water is going on,with the object of getting them into thewater as expeditiously as possible if occasionrequires. The Baltimore, Concord and Boston aresupposed to have entered Subig bay. Theycannot be seen. At about 4 oclock a faintcolumn of smoke in the bay marks the posi-tion of one of the ships. The sail of another small schooner wasseen at about this time and bore down toward THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES. B AY OF MANILA MAP OF MANILA BAY. the squadron. As it reached the mouth ofthe bay the Boston and Concord were sightedcoming out. The Olmypia, Raleigh, Petrelsteamed toward the approaching came from the flagship for the McCul-loch to send an officer on board the littlevessel for information. By this time theboat was absolutely surrounded by war-ships, although this was not an intentionalmaneuver. The Olympia, Raleigh and Petrelsteamed by, the McCulloch stopped and thedinghy, with Lieut. Joynes and an inter-preter, was sent to the schooner. It flew theSpanish flag, but in answer to. questions thecaptain said he had not come from Manilaand did not know where the Spanish war-ships were. The dinghy returned and theMcCulloch followed the fleet to the mouth ofSubig bay. At about 5:15 p. m. the squadron cameto a full stop at that point and signals fromthe flagship called the capt
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