The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 2, 1898, Page 1

] H + Dé‘lplfifil‘ not ~taken from ir-\r_vi + 4+ 4 The (%) B“'I n;n Yy sTATE IBra RS L -NO. VOL:UME ‘L \\\lIl SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, MAY 2, 189S. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GL RIOUS VICTORY OF DEWEY'S FLEET United States Vessels of the Asiatic Squadron Inflict a Crushing ippines---Three Warships of Spain Destroyed. SPANIARDS SUSTAIN HOST DISANTROUS LOSS During the Battle The\ Lose Two Hundred Seamen and Four Hundred Are Wounded. jordon Bennett. }engaged LONDON, May 1. ———The;feated the Asiatic squadron the|of Spain in the harbor of| Asiatic “~squadron of United = States, Commodore | Manila Dewey commanding, to—day I Islands. timbers and the shrieks and groans of the wounded. Thick clouds of smoke at times almost obscured the opposing fleets from each other. A well = directed shot reached the iron cruiser Don Juan de Austria, a vessel of 1100 tons. A ter- rific explosion followed | and the ship was blown up. All the time during the first engagement the Ameri- can ships were under way, their maneuvering being in-| During the two engage- ments that took place Commodore Montijo, com- |manding the Spanish fleet, lost three of his largest !great naval battle thus far re- |ceived is coming from Span- | \ ish sources. This shows con- | {clusively that Manila has not | yet been taken by the Ameri- | ships. His flagship, the n forces and that the cable'a,.mo,.ed cruiser Maria lmes are still under the con—iRema Christina, and the trol of Spain. armored cruiser Castilla From' the fact that even|YcES ibucnec, sgaice ihe [the advices received from|STa oor Run, Jugede e 5 5 ' |tria was blown up. Sev- Madrid show that the Ameri- | apal other Spanish ves- can warships fared best, / | sels were badly damaged. there is hardly any doubt| (j;qer the protection of the | that when complete ?Eta“s;guns of their fortifications the are obtalnaolg it will be’Spanish warships opened fire !eamed that it was a CRUSh-{ S Aieticah fleet. ing defeat for Spain. For several hours the har-|tended to render the marks- Reports of the battle thus|bor resounded with the roar | manship of Spanish gunners far are coming in piecemeal. |of guns, the crashing of steel |less effective. and completely de- in the Philippine All the news of the There was a heavy loss of life among the Spanish. Captain Cardase, com- manding the Maria Cris- tina, was killed. Commodore Montijo, com- manding the fleet, shifted his flag from the Maria Cristina to the Isla de Cuba, a much smaller steel protected; cruiser, just before the Cris- tina sank. The blowing up of the Don Juan de Austria was attended by a great loss of life among the crew, her commander also being killed. Commodore Dewey’s squadron, leaving Subig Bay, a few miles from Manila, TALAGO PolNT erdseye Vlew of the Lower Part of Mar)lla Bay, Showing the City and the Fortlfied prroaches Tbereto L CABALLO 12 Sy o wm—"—-'-—u——' With Cavite, Where the Great Fight Was Made and Won. tle at daybreak — about o’clock this ‘morning. guns of the American war- ships began ‘firing on the fortress of Cavite and the arsenal of Manila. about to the conflict. the Defeat Upon the Spanish Naval Forces Guarding the Phil- about 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon, proceeded toward Manila. Under the cover of darkness he entered the har- bor of Manila, the batteries located there announcing his arrival. Both fleets lined up for bat- S The The American squadron, 9 o’clock drew off to the east side of the bay and took refuge behind some foreign vessels. 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