Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
MAY 2, 1898
After his victory in the Battle of Manila Bay, Commodore George Dewey told the Spanish Governor-General Basilio de Agustin y Davila that he wanted to use the underwater Manila-Hong Kong telegraph cable operated by the British-owned Eastern Extension Australasia China Telegraph Company and Manila’s only link to the outside world since it was considered neutral.
After the Governor-General refused, Dewey dredged up and cut the cable.
Agustin would later inform Dewey through British Consul Edward H. Rawson-Walker of his willingness to surrender.
(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved
Photo credit: philippineamericanwar.webs.com
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