THE WAR.
RIOTING IN: S^AIN:
COURTS AND GAOL.S DEr ‘ MOLISHED, , . > PRISONERS; LIBERATED:. _ Madrid, May 8: Serious rioting took place at Murcia.. A dynamite store was looted, LawCourts burned, and prisoners released.. Admiral. Dewey’s report to the President regarding the - recent battle ah; Manila statesvthat besides practically* annihilating, the- Spanish fleet, and destroying the- fortifications at the* entrance to the harbour,. he* has captured many prisoners. He is not in serious need of anything- at present. No vessel of his squadron was damaged to any great extent,-and none of his; crews were killed. The Spaniards, on the other hand,, lost heavily, . ; . The blockade has been- suspended for the present, but . Admiral; Dewey states that he is, in- a position: to capture the city at any moment. It. is rumoured that a great battle K&a" taken place, in the- Atlantic _between- . the Spanish and American- fleets, and) that the -Spaniards proved victorious.. This news,, howey.er,. lacks, confirmation.. ■ / ■- ' .
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Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2102, 10 May 1898, Page 2
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155THE WAR. Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2102, 10 May 1898, Page 2
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