History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . General Nelson A. Miles. 1898] THE WAR WITH SPAIN 23s A little before midnight, on April 30th,Deweys flagship Olympia entered the BocaGrande channel to Manila Bay, the Balti-more, Petrel, Raleigh, Concord, and Bostonfollowing. By daybreak Cavite stood dis-closed and, ready andwaiting, huddledunder its Montojosfleet: ReinaChristina,Castilla, Don Anto-nio de Ulloa, DonJuan de Austria, Islade Luzon, Isla deCuba, General Lezo,Marquis del Duero,El Curreo, and Ve-lasco—ten vessels to Deweys six
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . General Nelson A. Miles. 1898] THE WAR WITH SPAIN 23s A little before midnight, on April 30th,Deweys flagship Olympia entered the BocaGrande channel to Manila Bay, the Balti-more, Petrel, Raleigh, Concord, and Bostonfollowing. By daybreak Cavite stood dis-closed and, ready andwaiting, huddledunder its Montojosfleet: ReinaChristina,Castilla, Don Anto-nio de Ulloa, DonJuan de Austria, Islade Luzon, Isla deCuba, General Lezo,Marquis del Duero,El Curreo, and Ve-lasco—ten vessels to Deweys six. Count-ing those of the batteries, the Spaniardsguns outnumbered and outcalibred the Spanish guns, from ships and frombatteries alike, played on our fleet—athunder of hostile welcome, harmless asa salute. The commodore delayed his fire till. Admiral George Dewey, 236 EXPANSION [1898 every shot would tell, when, circlingaround in closer and closer quarters, heconcentrated an annihilating cyclone ofshot and shell upon the Spanish torpedo boats ventured from was sunk, one beached. The Reina < A u^.^^ tifl W / ? ? B|%r^a Protected Cruiser Olympia. Christina, the Amazon of the fleet, steamedout to duel with the-Olympia, but over-whelmed with deadly attentions couldbarely stagger back. One hundred andfifty men were killed and ninety woundedon the Christina alone. In a little lessthan two hours, having sunk the Christina,Castilla, and UUoa and set afire the other iSgS] THE WAR WITH SPAIN 237 warships, the American ceased firing to as-sure and arrange his ammunition supplyand to breakfast and rest his brave reopened at to finish. Byhalf-past twelve everySpanish warship hadbeen sunk or burnedand the forts Spanish reportedtheir loss at 381 killedand wounded. SevenAmericans
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