TO THE

GALLANT AMERICAN SAILORS AND SOLDIERS

WHOSE

HEROIC DEEDS IN MANILA BAY

AND IN

THEIR SANGUINARY BATTLES WITH THE FILIPINE INSURGENTS

HAVE GAINED FOR THEM

IMPERISHABLE RENOWN AND THE HONOR OF THEIR
GRATEFUL COUNTRYMEN

THIS VOLUME WHICH

RECOUNTS IN GLOWING TERMS THEIR SUPERB VALOR, THEIR SELF-SACRIFICING PATRIOTISM AND MAGNIFICENT

ACHIEVEMENTS

IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

AS A SINCERE TRIBUTE TO THE DAUNTLESS HEROISM THAT HAS WON THE ADMIRATION OF THE WHOLE WORLD

AND BROUGHT

NEW GLORY TO OUR FLAG

OF

ADMIRAL DEWEY

INCLUDING

BATTLES IN THE PHILIPPINES

CONTAINING A

COMPLETE AND GLOWING ACCOUNT OF THE GRAND ACHIEVE-
MENTS OF THE HERO OF MANILA; HIS ANCESTRY AND
EARLY LIFE; HIS BRILLIANT CAREER IN THE GREAT
CIVIL WAR; HIS FAMOUS VICTORY IN THE
HARBOR OF MANILA, ETC., ETC.

TOGETHER WITH

THRILLING ACCOUNTS OF OUR GREAT
VICTORIES IN THE PHILIPPINES

THE CLIMATE, PRODUCTS AND RICH RESOURCES OF THESE WON-
DERFUL ISLANDS, TOGETHER WITH THE MANNERS AND
CUSTOMS OF THE PEOPLE, THEIR CITIES,
TOWNS, NATURAL SCENERY, ETC.

BY LOUIS STANLEY YOUNG

Editor of "The Bounding Billow," the official organ of Admiral Dewey's fleet,
printed on board U. S. Flagship Olympia

IN COLLABORATION WITH

HENRY DAVENPORT NORTHROP

The well-known Author

Superbly Embellished with a Galaxy of Phototype Engravings

B. B. RUSSELL

BOSTON, MASS.