Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-07-16
FALL OF SANTIAGO.
DETAILS OF THE SURRENDER TO
GENERAL sHAFTER.
TORlL'S SHREWD PLAY FOR TIM.
His Kesintance stubborn-His De-
fence Of the City Highly Credf-
tabIe-Campnign for Our Men En-
trcme1y Difficult.

trcmely Difficult.
Copyright. 1898. by the Associated Press.
WITH THE UNITED STATES TROOP:
BEFORE SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July II
6 p. NJ. via KINGSTON, JAMAICA, July
Is. 1915 p. M.-The revers, to the Spanish
arms in Eastern Cuba is complete. San
tiago has fallen, and with 1t all the east
ern end OF the island General Toral, tn,
! Spanish commander, agreed to the gene
raj terms Of the surrender al a personal
Interview with General Shifter this after
noon, at which General Miles was present
! The victorious army, after a campaign
Of three weeks Of almost unprecedented
hardsh.ps for both officers and men. ac-
cept the news with heartfelt relief.
| The victory is greater than appeared al
! first. All the Spanish troops In the Fourth
| Corps, the military division Of Santiago
! province, from line drawn north from
Acerraderos. eighteen miles west of San
tiago. through Las Palmls, Palma. So
riana. and Alcantaza, to s'agua dc Tana-
mo. on the north coast, AID eastward 10
Cape Maysi, are surrendered. and the ter
ritory Is abandoned.
Between 1900 and 2OCCO Spanish prison
ers are taken, about 10000 Of whom are in
Santiago. The remainder are at Guanta-
namo. and others are garrisoned in the
towns of Eastern Cuba. IN these troops
are TO be embarked and sent back TO
Spain, under parole.
SHAFTER MODEST.
General Shafter bears his honors mod
estly To an Associated Press correspond
ent he said: 1.-The enemy has surrendered
all the territory and troops east of San
tiago. The terms were dictated from
Washington. II has been a hard cam
paign-one of the hardest L ever saw. The
difficulties TO contend with were very
great Never during our civil war were
more difficult problems solved. The cha
racter of the country and the roads made
II seem almost impossible to advance in
the face OF the enemy. The transporta-
tion problem was hard, but all the diff
culties have been successfully surmount-
ed. Our troops have behaved CALAMITY.
They fought like heroes. and | am proud
10 have commanded them. During all the
hardships they have suffered they have
shown resolution and spirit They de-
serve TO conquer
THE resistance Of the enemy has been
exceedingly stubborn General Toral has
mans steel. The negotiations which Gull
minated in the surrender of General Toral
have been dragging on for zen days, with
the intermission of Sunday and Monday,
when our batteries and feet bombarded
the enemy's position. Throughout these
periods of truce, General Toral has
shrewdly played for time. always de-
cllning TO surrender Internationally, and
falling back, when hard pressed, upon the
statement that he was simply subordi-
nate. and powerless TO agree to the pro-
posals without the sanction of his supe-
riors except under penalty Of being court
martialled. At the same time, he seemed
to intimate that personally he thought it
useless to hold out any longer. but he and
his garrison were soldiers, he said, and |
could die If necessary, obeying orders"
TEMPORIZING ENDED.
II was at the personal interview had by |
General Shafter with General Toral yes
terday that the American General made |
the Spanish commander understand that |
must cease. and before noon
to-day an affirmative answer TO his pro-
position received, or bombardment would
be commenced.
The delay had been used to good ad-
vantage Our lines were extended until
Santiago was surrounded, and our light
had been so posted as TO be able
10 do more effective work. In addition,
arrangements had been made TO land
roops at Cabanas, west Of the entrance
If the harbor of Santiago
The Spanish batteries opposite MORO
Castle were TO be bombarded and storm
ID, their guns were then 10 be turned
lpon the city, and General Lawton's Di-
,ision, at the same time, WAS 10 fall on
he enemys left flank, under the cover
# our artillery fire. We could then have
nfiaded their lines. and driven them into
he city. General Toral must have real
zed that he was trapped. and that TO hold
ut longer meant a useless sacrifice OF his
men; but he made one last effort TO gain
more time this morning.
TORAL STILL COY.
While nominally yielding 10 the terms
eneral Shafter proposed, before O'Clock
e sent communication 10 General ShaI-
er, enclosing a copy of telegram from
aptain- General Blanco explaining that
ne surrender of such an important posi-
on as Santiago. and the abandonment
( Eastern Cuba, would require the direct
auction of the Madrid Government, and
equesting more time to hear from Ma
rid At the same time Captain-General
lance dul0OTlZtu lOldi, IL ~
as agreeable 10 the American General,
appoint commissioners ID meet like
on the American side to
range terms for the capitulation of the
,rces under his command on the condi-
on of their parole and transportation
Spain, pending the sanction OF Madrid.
e also communicated the names OF the ,
he had selected-namely:
ebert Mason, the British Vice-Consul:
eneral Toral's chief Of staff, Colonel
and General Escarajo. This
was ambiguous that IL
light be upset by the refusal OF Madrid ,
sanction the terms agreed TO by the
and General Shafter re-
lived 10 have all the ambiguity removed
fore proceeding further. AT IL o'clock
, mounted his horse, and, together with
eneral Miles and the stats of the two
nerals, he rode to the front. At Gene !
/ Wheeler's headquarters General Shat |
r. General Miles, Colonel Maus, and an
terpreter left their retinue and passed
over our trenches. with flag of truce =
the mango tree under which the in
rview was held yesterday. They were G
on joined by General Toral, his chief or
afr, and the two other commissioners ;
pointed by him. General Miles took no /
TT in the negotiations. He has been '
reful since his arrival here not TO as II
me the direction OF affairs or to de- u
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