The record-union., 1898-07-16
Ioral Has Made an Exceedingly
Stubborn Resistance.
The Commissioners Are Now at Work Set
tlIng Upon the Terms Upon
Which the City Will
Be Given Up.

lIOpyFlSnted, 1873, by Associated Press.
WITH THE UNITED STATES
TROOPS, BEFORE SANTIAGO DE
CUBA, July IA, 6 p. m. (via Kingston,
Jamaica, July 15, 1915 p. m).-The
reverse to the Spanish arms in East
ern Cuba is cast. Santiago has fallen,
and with it all the eastern end of the
island. General ToraL the Spanish
commander, agreed to the general
terms of surrender at a personal in
terview with General Shafter this after
noon, at which General Miles was pres
ent
The armies have had campaign of
three weeks of unprecedented hard
ships for both officers and privates.
The victory Of the Americans is
greater than expected at first. The
Spanish troops in the Fourth Corps,
the military division of Santiago Prov
ince, from line drawn north from AS
seraderos, eighteen miles west of San
tiago. through Los Palmas, Palmas
Sorian, Alcantaza to Sagua de Tanamo
on the north coast, and eastward 10
Cape Maysi. are surrendered. and the
territory is abandoned. Between 1S.090
and 10000 Spanish. prisoners are taken,
about 10000 of whom are in Santiago.
The remainder are at Guantanamo,
and others are garrisoned in the towns
of Eastern Cuba. All these troops are
to be embarked and sent back TO Spain
under parole.
General Shafter bears his honors
modestly. To a correspondent of the
Associated Press he said:
The enemy has surrendered all the
territory and troops east Of Santiago.
The terms We're dictated from Wash
ington. 1t has been a hard campaign,
one of the hardest / ever saw. The
difficulties to contend with We're very
great. Never during our civil war
Were more difficult problems solved.
The character of the country and the
roads made it seem almost impossible
to advance in the face of the enemy.
The transportation problem was hard,
but all the difficulties have been sue
cessfully surmounted. Our troops have
heroes, and l 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
Toral has proven himself a foeman
worthy of any mans steel The nego-
tiations which eliminated in the sur
render OF General Toral have been
dragging on for ten days, with the in
termission of Sunday and Monday,
when our batteries and fleet lombard
ed the enemy's position. Throughout
these periods of truce General Toral
has shrewdly fallen back when hard
pressed. upon the statement that he
was simply subordinate, and power
less to agree to the proposals without
the sanction of his superiors. except
under penalty of being court rt-martialed-
AT the same time he seemed to inti-
mate that personally he thought it was
useless to hold out any longer. But
he and his garrison We're soldiers, he
said and could die, if necessary, obey
ing orders.
II was at the personal interview had
nv General Shafter with General Toral
i'm which the American General gave
the Spanish General to understand that
temporizing must cease and before
noon to-day categorical affirmation
10 his offer must be received, or the
Commandment of the city would begin
in earnest.
IN the meantime all plans had been
nerfected. The delay had been utilized
0x.x. E,,a ha1 haa
extended until Santiago was nearly
surrounded, and our light batteries
had been so posted as TO be able 10 90
more effective work.
In addition, arrangements had peen
made TO land troops at Cabanas, west
of the entrance of the harbor or Sanu-
ago. The Spanish batteries opposite
MORO Castle were to be bompafoeo
and stormed, their guns were theh 70
be turned upon the city, and Genefai
Lawtons division at the same time was
to fall on the enemy's left flank, uhueI
the cover of our artillery fire we
could then have enfiladed their hiles
and have driven them into the city
General Toral must have reailzed
that he was trapped and that TO hold
out longer must mean a useless sacii-
fee of his men, but he made one last
effort to gain more time this morning.
While nominally yielding to the terms
General Shafter proposed. before >
O'clock he sent a communication TO