Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-16
REVERSAL COMPLETE.
Santiago and Eastern Cuba
Float American Flag.
Gen. Shafter ModestIy Bears the Honor
of the Great Victory.
No Cubans Allowed In Santiago Health oil
Army TO Be Protected.

Copyright, 1898. The Associated Press.
With the. United States Troops Be
fore Santiago de Cuba. July II, 6 p.
M.-Nia Kingston. ia. July -, 1215
=. M.-The reverse to the Spanish
arms in eastern Cuba is complete.
Santiago has fallen and with it all the
eastern end of the island
Gen. Toral the Spanish commander,
agreed to the general terms Of the sur
render at a personal interview with
Gen. Shaftcr, this afternoon. at which
Gen. Miles was present.
The victory is greater than appeared
al first. All the Spanish troops in the
4th Corps of the military division of
Santiago province from line drawn
north from Aserradercs IS miles west
Of Santiago. through Dos Palmas.
Palmas Soriano, Alcantaza to Sa2ua
de Tamano on the north coast. and
eastward to Cape Maysi are surrcn-
dpIed and the territory is abandoned.
Between l>,0a0 and 10000 spanish pris-
Oners are taken, about 10000 of whom
are in Santiago, some at Guantan-
amo and others are garrisoncd in the
towns Of eastern Cuba All these
troops ere to be embarked ana sent
back to Spain under parole.
Gen. Shafter bears his honors mod
cstly. To correspondent of The AS
sociated Press he said
The enemy has surrendered all the
territory ana troops east Of Santiago.
The terms We're dictated from Wash
ineton. 1t has been a hard campaign,
one of the hardest | ever saw The
difficulties to contend with were very
great. Never during our Civil War
were more problems solved. The char
acter of the country and the roads
made it seem almost Impossible 10
advance in the face of the enemy. The
transportation problem was hard, but
all the difficulties have been success
fully surm0unted. our troops have be-
haved gallantly. They fought like
heroes and | am proud to have com
manded them. During all the hard
ships they have suffered they have
shown resolution and spirit. They de
serve to conquer.
THE resistance of the enemy has
been exceedingly stubborn. Gen. Toral
has proved himself n focman worthy
of any mans steel. The negotiations
which eliminated in the surrender of
Gen. Toral have been dragging on for
10 days, with the intermission of Sun
day and Monday when our batteries
and feet bomharded the encmys posi-
ton.
Throughout these periods of truce
Gen. Toral has shrewdly played for
time, always declining to surrender
and falling back when
hard pressed upon the statement that
he was simply a subordinate and
poWcflesS to agree to the proposals
without the sanction of his Superiors,
except under penalty of being court
At the same time. he
seemed to intimate that personally.
he thought it useless to hold out any
longer But he and his garrison We're
soldiers. he said, and could only obey
orders. 1t was at the personal inter-
view held by Gen. Shafter with Gen.
Toral, yesterday, that the American
general made the Spanish commander
that temporizing must
lease and that before noon, today, a
affirmation to his offer
must be received or the commandment
# the city would begin in earnest.
In the meantime, all our plans had
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