The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1898-08-29
Cuban General Gives His Side
of the Operations Around
City of Santiago.
SAYS HE OBEYED ORDERS
Commander of the Insurgent Forces
Sends to the Cuban Junta a Full
Report of His Part in the
Assault Upon Santiago
de Cuba.

New York August 22-General Calixto
Garcia sent his first official statement con-
corning the Cuban operations at Santiago
TO the Cuban junta in this city today. Inc
messenger bearing General Garcia's state
mcnt arrived to-1y, and Horatio s. Rubens.
consul for the juna, gave out the trans
ton of the statement follows:
ON the 9th of June the steamer Glou-
cester brought communication from Cen
craI Miles commander-in-chief of the
American army, in which he Informed hre
of the project to attack by land and sea
tine city Of Santiago de Cuba. and that IT
was necessary That the greater part OF the
Cuban forces should advance on that city
10 cooperate with him. Immediately
gayc orders that the forces that had been
armed should move forward to Santiago
a very difficult operation. surrounding an
linirultfos marched to Acerraderos
where arrived on the 10Th a 7:3o a. 1h
having been summoned there to confer
with the admiral of the American navy
Sampson, to decide on the best plan Of at
lacking Santiago de Cuba. This conference
took pIare on board the flagship New DIRK
I must now declare that my object in NOV
ing my forces on Santiago de Cuba ana
meeting the admiral Of the United 0'ateS
navy has been to obey the ofaefS re
coiyod from the council of government 10
mandcrs Of the American army on tAeir
commencing operations IN the territory IN
dn, NV command on the goth. al half-
past . o'clock, the general In coinn4{bNu u
she brigade of Ramon de las HhsuaS' De-
,,atrfo castillo landed in AcerradefoS arol'i
Saeua. being brought over by an Amer icah
man-of-war to receive my orders.
\ short time after ] was ADVISED 'h7N
Major General William r. Shofter, com
7,,nder Of the Fifth army corps OF the
Irntted states army. had landed to confer
,,ttI, mo on the attack by land of Santiago
de cuba.
He Confers with Shafter,
Alton a long conference. and after the
American general had accepted lhe pan
laid before him for the landing o. M
troops and to carry out with success inc
advance on Santiago, he returned 10 TUG
.1ip The following day the general OF
the division, August Cebreco, marched to-
,,trd the west of Cuba with the forces
Of his division with the object Of prevent
ing the enemy from re-enforcing us gar
rjeons off the coast IN that part ana AT
< n m. . force Of $50 men belonging to
tho division of Bayamo and commanded
bv Brfeadier General Castillo, was shipped
ON board an American transport to go to
the reinforcement Of the brigade OF MA
mon 20 protect the landing of the AmeF'-
cam army and advance on Santiago by the
east. These forces landed In Sagua and
they advanced at once on Baiquiri with
their commander, Colonel Carlos Gonzales,
and with 500 men OF the brigade OF Ra-
mon under Brigadicr General Castillo
The Spaniards in a great hurry abandoned
Baiquiri which castillo occupied as the
American navy began to lombard it, but
firing was suspended soon as our flag
was hoisted.
The Americans landed their first regi-