The position at Manila.
The. Ciptain of the steamer Victorious, which:.. has. just arrived from Manila, reports that when he lpffc. on Ist November, there were 15,000 American troopi in the town. Immense quantities of stores where being accumulated, and if; was evident that it is the Amerioan dinminder's opinion thai; the troopa had been sent to the Philippines to stay Aguinaldo, tha insurgent lender, proclaimed himself President of the srroup, and gave the United Spates 24 hours' notice to quit. Numbers of American sentries have been phot at their pista. A German vessel arrived with a cargo of arm* and ammunition for the insurgents. After tha peace between the Americans and. Spain had been arranged, her captain against the. orders of Agninaido, surrendered the vessel and her cargo to the Americans. Fighting between the Spaniard* and the insurgents continues on some of the smaller islands. The Americano have succeeded in raising several of the smaller Spanish vesssls sunk in the Battle of Cavite, in Manila Bay.
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Manawatu Herald, 24 November 1898, Page 2
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167The position at Manila. Manawatu Herald, 24 November 1898, Page 2
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