. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. f?ALA6flC STRUT. •g 9* • Celebes S ea MAP OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES In three days Manila will have beenreached and fighting will begin. The Span-ish are rapidly removing from the cities allvaluables and church treasures, more in an-ticipation of the fury of the rebels than ofany pillage by the Americans. Great num-bers of Spanish and foreign residents areleaving the islands and it is doubtfulwhether many besides natives and the Span-ish fighting force will be ther
. The chicago Record's war stories : by staff correspondents in the field ; copiously illustrated. f?ALA6flC STRUT. •g 9* • Celebes S ea MAP OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. THE CHICAGO RECORDS WAR STORIES In three days Manila will have beenreached and fighting will begin. The Span-ish are rapidly removing from the cities allvaluables and church treasures, more in an-ticipation of the fury of the rebels than ofany pillage by the Americans. Great num-bers of Spanish and foreign residents areleaving the islands and it is doubtfulwhether many besides natives and the Span-ish fighting force will be there when the fleetarrives. It is thought that the land batteries willopen up on the American fleet and that theSpanish vessels will remain inside the harborbehind the protection of a torpedo-filled stripof water and the highlands flanking the this way a short, decisive action will beimpossible, and it may be necessary to reducethe forts and force an entrance to the harborin spite of torpedoes. In a straight-awaynaval fight between the two forces it isthought the Americans are vastly superior instrengt
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