It must be confessed that the outlook for the Spanish at Manila was not cheerful. They had but two vessels of any considerable size, the _Reina Cristina_ and the _Castilla_, of 3,100 and 3,300 tons, and the latter, which had been in use as a receiving ship, had no motive power. In addition there were available two small cruisers of 1,152 tons, two of 1,040, and a gunboat of 500. Three other small vessels, one the _Velasco_, of 1,139 tons, were under repairs, with some of their guns in the batteries at the entrance of the bay, twenty-five miles away. Dewey had the _Olympia_, of 5,870 tons; _Baltimore_, 4,413; _Raleigh_, 3,183; _Boston_, 3,000; _Concord_, 1,710; and _Petrel_, 892. The guns, besides a number of 3 and 6 pounders, were: AMERICAN SPANISH Ten 8-inch Seven 6.3-inch Twenty-three 6-inch Four 5.9-inch Twenty 5-inch Twenty 4.7-inch Eleven 3.4-inch 2.24-inch The complements of the two squadrons were: American, 1,707 men; Spanish, 1,664. It was a ten-mile stretch across the entrance to the bay, divided into two deep channels by islands upon which had been hastily established batteries mounted with seventeen guns varying in calibre from 7 to 4.3 inch; nine of these were muzzle-loaders and thus could not be fired nearly so rapidly as the 4.3-inch, which were quick-firers. At Manila were mounted 226 guns of all kinds, most of which were inefficient; but there were twelve good breech-loaders of from 9.45-inch to 4.7-inch, with much less range, however, than the modern 8-inch carried by the _Olympia_. The Manila defences, however, were such that it would have been much wiser for Montojo to have anchored close as possible to the fortifications and thus obtain such support as was available. As it was, he was out of their protection, supported by only eight guns, mostly ineffective weapons, in battery at Sangley Point and Cavite; three of these, two 6.3-inch and one 4.7-inch, were of value.