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History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . mazon of the fleet, steamedout to duel with the-Olympia, but over-whelmed with deadly attentions couldbarely stagger back. One hundred andfifty men were killed and ninety woundedon the Christina alone. In a little lessthan two hours, having sunk the Christina, Castilla, and UUoa and set afire the other iSgS] THE WAR WITH SPAIN 237 warships, the American ceased firing to as-sure and arrange his ammunition supplyand to breakfast and rest his brave crews.He reopened at 11.16 a.m. to finish. Byhalf-past twelve everySpanish warship hadbeen sunk or burnedand the forts silenced.The Spanish reportedtheir loss at 381 killedand wounded. SevenAmericans werewounded, not onekilled. As the Filipino in-surgents encircled Ma-nila on the land sidethe Spaniards could notescape, and, to sparelife, Dewey deemed itbest to await the arrival of land forces be-fore completing the reduction. Waiting tried the admirals discretionmore than the battle had his valor. It wasnecessary to encourage the insurgents, at. General A. R. Chaffee. 238 EXPANSION [1898 the same time to prevent excesses on theirpart, and to avoid recognizing them even asalHes in such manner as to involve our Gov-