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The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898

CHAPTER X
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Since our ships could not get to windward, they passed it very closely, each ship raking it.

But our flagship was not asleep, and kept replying in such a way that, although the enemy's vessels came so close together, so great haste was made that it gave each ship a full broadside volley from that side, namely with twenty-five pieces.

With that they were so crippled that they did not dare return the fire, and so gained nothing.

That night the enemy held a council of war, as some prisoners reported.

All advised flight, as they had been surprised by our flagship.


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