Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-07-16
FALL OF SANTIAGO.
Full Details Of the American
Triumph.
GREAT 81 +: { 4 SPANISH REVERSE
En- En''re Eastern End Of Cuba Now In Pos
session OF Our Army. Victory
Z. }5:1 Than Appeared
s;sssssS:s at First.
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! -! ANlAICA. July 15.-l2:15 p AT
4 ne reverse TO the Spanish arms in
EASTERN cuba is completes Santla,~n
mas fallen, and with it All the "a stsE,,
! end OF the island =
!. General Toral, the Spanish conman-
i DER, agreed to the general terms nr
ing surrender at a personal interviews
Nh General Shafter this afternoon
~ nv Mhlch General Miles was present.
l.. ~ aictorious American army afte.
Il campaign OF three weeks of almost
unprecedented hardships for both ON
GERS ana men. accept the news wifi
/ heartfelt relief 49,. ''.'t
The victory is greater than appeared
~ 1lrst All the Spanish troops in tho
fourth corps, the military division, of
/ santiago province from n line drawn
horth from Asseradores eighteen miles
west OF Santiago, through Dos Pal
nlas, Paimas Soriann. Alcantaza. to
Sagua de Tanamo. on the north coast
ana eastward to Cape Maysi. are sur
/ rendered, and the territory is abandon
ed. Between $4,000 and 10000 Spanish
prisoners are taken. about 10000 Of
1 whom are in Santiago The remainder
are at Guantanamo and others are gar
rlScned in the towns of eastern Cuba
All these troops are to be embark
and sent back to Spain under parole
General Shafter bears his honors
l modestly. To correspondent of the
Associated Press he said:
he enemy has surrendered all the
territory and troops east of Santiago
4 The terms We're dictated from Wash
! ihgton: It has been hard campaign.
one OF The hardest | ever saw The
! difficulties to contend With We're verv
/ great. Never during our civil war
4 We're more difficult problems solved
4 the character of the country and the
l roads made it almost impossible to adj
i vance in the face of the enemy. The
/ Transportation problem was hard. but
4 all the difficulties have been success
ruby surmounted. Our troops have
4 behaved calamity. They fought like
mand Of them. During all the hard
ships they have suffered they have
shown resolution and spirit They de-
I serve to conquer. 80
I The resistance OF the enemy has
been exceedingly stubborn, General
-Ioral has proved himself foeman
4 worthysvof any mans steelzs s;3 ss:;s5.z
me negotiations which eliminated
~ the surrender Of General Toral havd
been, dragging on for ten DAYS with rba
lintermission of Sunday and Monday
when out batteries and fleet bunba I'd
ed the enemy's position. Throughout
| these periods of truce, General Toral
has shrewdly played for time always
\
and falling back, when hard pressed,
upon the statement that he was sim
ply u subordinate and poweriess to
agree to the proposals without the
sanction of his superiors, except UNI
der the penalty of being court martial
| ed. at the same time he seemed to
intimate that, personally, he thought
it useless to hold out amy longer. But
personally he thought he and his gar
rison We're soldiers, and he said he
i
| derS."
| 1T was in this personal Interview thar
General Shafter held with General To-
ikli that the American made the
| Spanlsn commander understand that
temp"rizing must cease, and before
noon today categorical affirmation to
ms offer must be received or the bonn
barqment of the city would begin in
: earnest. :.
! In the meantime all our plans had
! been perfected. The delay had been
! utilized to good advantage Our lines
nad been extended until Santiago was
nearly surrounded and our light bat
terles mad been so posted as to be able
| to do more effective work
| III addition. arrangements had been
! made To land troops ut CabanaS west
| OF the entrance to the 1larbor of SAN
| tiago.
The Spanish batteries opposite Nor
ro Castle We're to be bombarded and
| stormed their guns We're then to be
turned upon the city and General
Lawton's division. at the same time.
| was to fall on the enemy's left flazA
under the cover of our military fire
We could then have ennlated their
! lines and have driven them into the
city.
General Toral must have realized
that he was trapped and that to nnld
out longer meant useless sacrifice
OF MS men: but he made one last effort
to gain more time this morning.
While nominally yielding to the terms
General Shafter proposed. before s
| . Clock he sent communication to
General Shafter enclosing a copy Of a
telegram from Captain General Rlanco.
explaining that the surrender Of such
an important position as Santiago and
the abandonment of eastern Cuba
would require the direct sanction of the
more time to hear from Madrid. At
the same time Captain General Rlan-
CO authorized General Toral. If Il; was
agreeable to the American general, to
appoint commissioners to meet like
commissioners on the American side TO
arrange the terms of the capitulation Of
the forces under his command, on the
condition OF their parole and transport
tation to Spain, pending the sanction
of Madrid. He also communicated the
lected, namely. Robert Mason. the
British vce-consul. General Torars
chief of staff. Colonel Fontaine and
General Escarajao.
| This communication was so ambigr-
ols that 1t might all be upset by the
refusal of Madrid to sanction the terms
agreed to by the commissioners. and
| General Shafter resolved - have all
the ambiguity removed before pro-
| ceeding further. AT II O'clock he
mounted his horse. and together with
General Miles and their STATS he rode
to the front. At General Wheeler's
headquarters General Shafter General
Miles and Colonel hTaus and an inter
prefer left their retinue and passed on
over our trenches, with n flag Of truce
to the mango tree, under which the
Interview was held yesterday They
were soon joined by General Toral his
chief of staff and two other commits
sioners appointed by him.
General Miles took no part in the nc
\ e,ntiatinns EIa g hean On RAUL ainno