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Title: Reminiscences and thrilling stories of the war by returned heroes
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Young, James Rankin, 1847-1924 Moore, J. H., joint author
Subjects: Spanish-American War, 1898 Spanish-American War, 1898
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Elliott Publishing Co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ought heroically, with her artillery useless, exceptone stern gun, with which they fought spiritedly, was riddled with shot andset on fire by the enemys shells, then sunk, and was abandoned by her crew,in good order, which was directed by her commander, Don Alonzo Algaro.The casualties on this ship were twenty-three killed and eighty wounded. The Austria, was very much damaged and on fire, and went to the aidof the Castilla. The Luzon had three guns dismounted and was slightlydamaged in the hull. The Duro remained, with one of her engines useless,the bow gun and one of the redoubts. At eight oclock in the morning, the enemys squadron having suspendedits fire, I ordered the ships that remained to us to take situations in the bottomof the roads, at Bacoor, and there to resist to the last moment, and that theyshould be sunk before they surrendered. At half past ten the enemy returned, forming a circle to destroy thearsenal, and the ships which remained to me, opening upon them a horrible
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45 46 STORY OF MANILA. fire, which we answered as far as we could with the few cannon which we stillhad mounted. There remained the last recourse—to sink our vessels—and we accom-plished this operation, taking care to save the flag, the distinguishing pennant,the money in the safe, the portable arms, the breech plugs of the guns, andthe signal codes, after which I went, with my staff, to the convent of SantoDomingo de Cavite to be cured of a wound received in the left leg, and totelegraph a brief report of the action, with preliminaries and results. The inefficiency of the vessels which composed my little squadron, thelack of all classes of the personel, especially master gunners and seaman gun-ners, the inaptitude of some of the provisional machinists, the scarcity ofrapid-fire cannon, the strong crews of the enemy, and the unprotected char-acter of the greater part of our vessels, all contributed tc make more decidedthe sacrifice which we made for our country. Story of a Jolly S

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