. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. er with an-other. The Spaniards answered this and oncemore the McCulloch sent a si) 1 toward thevague, indistinct cloud of smoke showingagainst the dark hillride to the south. TheConcord at this point fired a six-pound this time there is no sound frori Corregi-dor, and it is a matter of surprise that rhellohave not been coming toward us from Lothsides. Then there comes quiet and the squad-ron gradually steams down the T^ay tov/ardManila. The Nanshan and Zafim Luc closeto Corregidor while
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. er with an-other. The Spaniards answered this and oncemore the McCulloch sent a si) 1 toward thevague, indistinct cloud of smoke showingagainst the dark hillride to the south. TheConcord at this point fired a six-pound this time there is no sound frori Corregi-dor, and it is a matter of surprise that rhellohave not been coming toward us from Lothsides. Then there comes quiet and the squad-ron gradually steams down the T^ay tov/ardManila. The Nanshan and Zafim Luc closeto Corregidor while coming in and escapebeing fired on. During the firing there was the rjest oforder on the McCulloch, and no one seemedto lose his head. Chief Engineer Randall wasovercome by a nervous shock, probablyapoplectic in character, and at a few minutesafter 2 oclock he died. The orders have goneout from the flagship to proceed at a four-knot speed toward Cavite, the naval station,which is seventeen miles away at the head ofthe bay. This will put the fleet close to the THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES N. PECULIAR OLOUD FORMATION SEEN BY DEWEYS FLEET THE NIGHT BEFORE TIIEBATTLE OF MANILA AND REGARDED AS AN OMEN. Spanish squadron and the great battle willtake place in the morning. The men are now stretched out everywhereon their arms trying to sleep. It is remarkable to see how little commo-tion is caused by the death of the chief en-gineer. The great dangers and thrillingevents about to happen so completely over-shadow the passing away of one man thatthe sad incident has created no stir. The bodyis sewed up in canvas and lies on a bier onthe quarterdeck and will be buried at sealater in the day. At 5:10 in the morning, just as dawn isbreaking, the battle begins. By this time theAmerican fleet has arrived off Cavite and thebrightness of the approaching day reveals toboth sides the position of the enemy. TheSpanish immediately begin firing, but at adistance of nearly four miles. At the soun
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