The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-08-25
! GUBAAS lED
| 4. Campaign That Ended
[ !, santiago Surrender.
SAYS GARglA's REPORT.
L.,.rss That His Troops Were
Ever in the Vanguard.
LnlA's PLAN WAS ACCEPTED.

-, shaftef, the Cuban General De-
,.,.. Followed His Advice - to the
..a,ue Of TIE American Troops-From
~. Report n Would Appear That the
,.,,,. Of the United Statss Occupied q
s,ho,dinats Position to ths Soldisss Of
acuba Librs."
No. York. Aug. 2s.-Generai Calixto
"A. has sent his first official state
:, concerning the Cuban operations
santiago to the Cuban junta In this
The messenger bearing General
.,c,a,s statement arrived yesterday.
a poratio S. Rubens, counsel for the
.,,s gave out translation of the
..,ement as follows:
son the 9Th Of June the steamer
n,oucester brought q communication
-, General Miles, commander-in-
M Of the American army, In which
,rformed me Of the project to at
~ hy land and sea the city OF San
,.co de Cuba, and that Il was neces-
ry that the greater part Of the Cuban
49,. should advance on that city to
s.-operate with him. Immediately
ave orders that the forces that had
s.sn armed should move forward to-
vard Santiago q very difficult opera
,,co. the infantry being almost worn
ont. and on account OF the scarcity OK
food for so many people.
"surmounting these difficulties, the
,o,ces arrived at Palma Soriano, and
An the 18th I marched to Aserraderos.
where l arrived on the 10th at 7:O a.
M having been summoned there to
confer with the ADMIRAL Of the Ameri-
can navy, Sampson. to decide on the
hest plan of attacking Santiago de
cuba. This conference took place On
hoard the flagship New York. l must
now declare that my object In moving
NV forces on Santiago de Cuba and
meeting the admiral OF the United
states navy has been to obey the or
Ssrs I received from the council of gov
eminent to obey and respect the orders
and Instructions Of the commanders or
the American army, on their COM
meucing operations In the territory
under my command.
"On the 10Th the copmander OF the
brigade of Ramon. de las Teguas. De-
metrio Castillo, landed In Aserraderos
from Sagua, brought over by an Amer
lean man -of-war to receive my orders.
A short time after I. was advised that
Major General william r. Shafter,
commander Of the Fifth army corps OF
the United States army. had landed. to
confer with me on the attack by land
Of Santiago de Cuba.
AFTER long conference and after the
American general accepted the plan
laid before him for the landing of his
troops and to carry out with success
the advance on Santiago he returned to
the ship. The following day the gen
eral Of division, Augustin Cebreco
marched toward the west of Cuba
with the forces Of his division, with the
object Of preventing the enemy from
reinforcing its garrisons of the coast
In that part, and at 8 p. m. a force OF
$50 men belonging to the division OF
Bayamo, and commanded by Brigadiel
General Demetrio Catillo, was shipped
on board an American transport to &c
to the reinforcement OF the brigade OF
Ramon to protect the landing Of the
American army and advance on San
tiago by the east. These forces landed
in Sigua, and they advanced at once
on DaiQueri, with their commander
Colonel Carlos Gonzalez. and with 5O
men Of the brigade Of Ramon. undel
Brigadier General Catilio. The Span
iards. in a great hurry, abandoned
Daiqueri, which Catillo occupied as th'
American navy began to lombard 1t
but firing was suspended as soon Al
our hag was hoisted.
THE Americans landed their frs
regiments at Daiquiri and advanced Of
Firmeza and Siboney, with the Cuba'
forces always in the vanguard, the.
being the first to occupy said village
In Siboney the landing Of American
troops was continued. while the Cuba
forces under Colonel Carlos Cor zale7
advancing on Santiago, sustained Sc
we're encounter with the enemy in La
Quasimas, suffering some losses. bu
inaicting greater on the Spaniards.
In my conference with Admire
Sampson and Major General Shafte
we decided that I should embark wit
5000 men at Aserraderos and land eas
Of Santiago. With this object l sen
for the forces at Aguacate (near Pal
MAJ. and on the 25th, at Z a. M. W
began to embark, which operation wa
finished In the evening. These forces
forming three distinct columns. wer
respectively under the command Q
Major General Capote. Generals G
Divisions Cebreco and Lora and Brig
adler General Sanchez Hecheverrii
the entire force being under the i'm
mediate command OF Major Genert
Jesus Rabi.
II was on board the Alamo with m
stan and some officers invited by Ger
eral Ludlow. who had superintende
the ,embarkation. Brigadier Generi
Sanchez, with force OF 800 men. VIII
embarked first in the steamer LeonI
landed at o'clock p. m. in Siboney
There were already camped the otht
Cuban forces which had arrived bt
fore. as well as many thousands OF th
American army.
Perfect fraternity reigned anon
the Cuban and American soldiers, "
We'd with each other In good feel
On account of the scarcity Of food
the territory in which we were, frcl
the first the Americans supplied Z