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" At this point I sent a message to the Governor-General to the effect that if the batteries did not cease firing the city would be shelled. This had the effect of silencing them. "
Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor as Told by the Heroes ... - Page 90
1899 - 471 pages
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Life and Heroic Deeds of Admiral Dewey Including Battles in the Philippines

Louis Stanley Young, Henry Davenport Northrop - Biography & Autobiography - 1899 - 632 pages
...fire from the beginning of the engagement, which fire was not returned by this squadron. The firrt of these batteries was situated on the south mole head, at the entrance to the Pasig River ; the second on the south bastion of the walled city of Manila, and the third at...
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The Conflict with Spain: A History of the War Based Upon Official Reports ...

Henry Francis Keenan - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1898 - 614 pages
...batteries at Manila had kept up a continuous fire from the beginning of the engagement, which fire was not returned by my squadron. The first of these batteries...position of the walled city of Manila, and the third at Molate, about one-half mile further south. At this point I sent a message to the Governor-General to...
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The Passing of Spain and the Ascendency of America

Jerome Bruce Crabtree - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1898 - 468 pages
...batteries at Manila had kept up a continuous fire from the beginning of the engagement, which fire was not returned by my squadron. The first of these batteries...entrance of the Pasig river, the second on the south portion of the walled city of Manila, and the third at Molate, about one-half mile further south. At...
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The Passing of Spain and the Ascendency of America

Jerome Bruce Crabtree - Cuba - 1898 - 482 pages
...batteries at Manila had kept up a continuous fire from the beginning of the engagement, which fire was not returned by my squadron. The first of these batteries...entrance of the Pasig river, the second on the south portion of the walled city of Manila, and the third at Molate, about one-half mile further south. At...
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The Boys of '98

James Otis - Cuba - 1898 - 532 pages
...kept up a continuous report from the beginning of the engagement, which fire was not returned by this squadron. " The first of these batteries was situated on the South Mole head, at the entrance to the Pasig River, the second on the south bastion of the walled city of Manila, and the third at...
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The Boys of '98

James Otis - Cuba - 1898 - 536 pages
...kept up a continuous report from the beginning of the engagement, which fire was not returned by this squadron. " The first of these batteries was situated on the South Mole head, at the entrance to the Pasig River, the second on the south bastion of the walled city of Manila, and the third at...
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Full Official History of the War with Spain: Written Over the Wires in the ...

Murat Halstead - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1898 - 832 pages
...kept .up a continuous fire from the beginning of the engagement, which fire was not returned by this squadron. The first of these batteries was situated on the south mole head, at the entrance to the Passig river, the second on the south bastion of the walled city of Manila, and the third at...
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Behind the Guns with American Heroes: An Official Volume of Thrilling ...

James William Buel - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1899 - 596 pages
...other disabled by our fire and beached before they were able to discharge their torpedoes. At 7 am the Spanish flagship, " Reina Cristina," made a desperate...further south. At this point I sent a message to the governorgeneral to the effect that if the batteries did not cease firing the city would be shelled....
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Hero Tales of the American Soldier and Sailor as Told by the Heroes ...

Dummies (Bookselling) - 1899 - 592 pages
...the entire battery of the " Olympia " being concentrated upon her, that she was barely able to-return to the shelter of the point. The fires started in...further south. At this point I sent a message to the governorgeneral to the effect that if the batteries did not cease firing the city would be shelled....
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Behind the Guns with American Heroes: An Official Volume of Thrilling ...

James William Buel - Spanish-American War, 1898 - 1899 - 592 pages
...to the shelter of the point. The fires started in her by our shell at the time were not'extinguished until she sank. The three batteries at Manila had...Malate, about onehalf mile further south. At this poiut I sent a message to the governorgeneral to the effect that if the batteries did not cease firing...
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