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Manila Bay

noun

A naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet.

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... children were rejoicing over their baskets of sweet May flowers, the first battle of the war was fought, the first, and for California the most important. When Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet on that Sunday morning (May 1, 1898) in Manila Bay, he not only won an important victory, but a greater result lay in the change of attitude of the United States toward the rest ...

— History of California • Helen Elliott Bandini

... there were many entertainments, such as races, walking matches, quoits, and like games. Commander J. V. Bleecker, en route to take charge of the Mercedes reclaimed in Manila Bay, was a masterly artist in sleight-of-hand performances, and ...

— An Ohio Woman in the Philippines • Emily Bronson Conger

... victory in Manila Bay as it appeared to a real, live American youth who was in the navy at the time. Many adventures in Manila and ...

— The Moving Picture Boys on the Coast • Victor Appleton

... soft morning in early July, the great transport slipped past Corregidor and turned its nose across Manila bay, past Cavite, toward the anchorage which ended the long voyage. The city of Manila lay stretched out before them—Manila, ...

— Jane Cable • George Barr McCutcheon

... are written, that threat alone keeps order in Manila bay. Dewey with his ships is there, holding the town at the muzzles of his guns and waiting for the re-enforcements of troops, which were dispatched to his aid from San Francisco almost a month after his victory—an unconscionable delay. Some 25,000 troops will be sent to his aid, ...

— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot