Spaniards hemmed in, and could capture the city if they wanted
to, but will await the arrival of the American troops before doing so.

"The rebels have captured Gov. Leopoldo Garcia Penas, of Cavite province,
and Gov. Antonio Cardola, of Bataan province. Cardola tried to commit
suicide before surrendering. He shot himself three times in the head, but
will recover. The insurgents behaved gallantly in the fight for the
possession of the stone convent in Old Cavite, June 1st. General Augusti
sent two thousand Spanish regulars of the Manila force to attack
Aguinaldo's forces at Cavite. The fight lasted all day. The Spaniards were
repulsed, and the officers led in retreat. They took refuge in the old
convent, a substantial building, with walls five feet thick, built for all
time.

"Aguinaldo surrounded the convent, and his first plan was to starve out
the beleaguered ones, but he found, June 6th, that provisions were being
smuggled in to them, and so he attacked the building, beginning by opening
fire with his mountain guns. Meantime, General Augusti, hearing of his
soldiers' plight, sent four thousand regulars to relieve them.

"Aguinaldo led the attack on these four thousand. But after the first
brush he adopted another method. He sent detachments of three hundred or
four hundred men, armed with machetes, on the flanks of the Spaniards, who
constantly harassed them. In the first attack of these detachments one
hundred and fifty Spanish soldiers and a lieutenant-colonel were killed.
In the second onslaught four officers and sixty men were killed.

"Again and again these attacks were repeated until nine hundred Spaniards
had been killed, the insurgents report. The convent, too, became
untenable. The Spaniards retreated along the road to Manila, but made a
stand at Bacoor.

"Aguinaldo and his men fought them fiercely there, and the Spanish fled
again. The rebels pursued the enemy to within sight of Manila. Returning,
Aguinaldo stormed the old convent, and of the Spaniards who remained there
he killed ninety and captured 250."

[Illustration: GENERAL GARCIA.]

_June 15._ The second fleet of transports, comprised of the steamers
_China_, _Colon_, _Senator_, and _Zealandia_, carrying 3,465 men, left San
Francisco for Manila.

The war loan of two hundred million dollars subscribed for twice over.

Bombardment of the fortifications in Guantanamo Bay.(11)

The House of Representatives passed the Hawaiian annexation reso