The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-23
CALIXTO GARCIA'S REPORT
ON TEE OPERATIONS OF THE CUBAN
E0RCEs Ar shNT1AGo.

They wers IN the van, He says, Drove th,
Ensmy out Of Its Positions North end
west OF eantiaEs and Hsmned In th'
CftS-H0t Bpanish reinforcement Go
Ehr4Ths@ Report Says the Cubnns Tool
csfysrh and. coo Men Prisoners and Co
I receipt for Them from Our Navy
The report Of Gen. Calixto Garcia presume.
( bly, addressed to Gen. Gomez or the Cuban
! Council OF the operations Of the Cuban ARM
at SANTIAGO has reached the Cuban Junta in
this city. Mr.. Rubens. counsel for the Junta,
! gave out yesterday this translation:
On the eth OF June the steamer Gloucester
brought me n communication from Gen. Miles,
Commander-in-Ch Chief OF the American Army.
IN which he Informed me Of the project to at
tack by land and sea the city Of Santiago de
Duha, and that IL was necessary that the great
or paft OF the Cuban forces should advance on
that city to cooperate with him. Immediately
] gave orders that the forces that had been
armed should move forward toward tho terri-
Sory. OF Cuba. 4 very difficult operation. on
account OF the infantry being almost worn
out and OF the scarcity Of food for 30
many people. SurmountlnR those difficult
ties, the forces ayr rcd at Palma Soriano. and
. on tho 18th / marched to Aserradero. whore I
arrived on the 10th at 7:30 A. NJ. having been
summoned there TO confer with the Admiral Of
the American navy. Sampson. to decide on the
best plan OF attacking Santiago de Cuba. This
conference took place on board the flagship
New York.
must now declare that my object in moving
my forces on Santiago de Cubs and meeting
the Admiral OF the United States navy has been
TO obey the orders 1 received from the Council
OF Government. to obey and respect the orders
and In atrttoffopa ~ fha 00nn m andara nf thu
American army on their commencing opera
lions in the territory under my command.
On the goth. at half past 2 o'clock. Brig
Gen. Demetrio Castillo. commander OF the
brigade OF Ramon dc las TaGuas. landed In
.Aserr1dero from Sigua least Of Cubal. brought
over by an American man-of-war to receive my
orders. A short time after l was advised that
,Maior-Gen William r. Shafter. commander OF
the Fifth Army Corps OF the United States
Army. had landed to confer with me on the at
tack by land OF Santiago de Cuba. After long
conferences and after tho American General
had accepted the plan / laid before HIM for the
landing OF his troops and to carry out with suc-
cess the advance on Cuba. he returned to the
ship. The following day. AuGustin Cebre-
co. General OF Division. marched toward
the west with forces OF his division.
with the object Of preventing the enemy from
its garrisons OF the coast In that
part. and at P.tM q force Of $50 men belong
ing TO the. divisions of Bayamo and COM
manded by Brig Gen. Demetrio Castillo was
shipped on, board an American transport to 20
10 protect the landing OF the American Army
and advance by the east. Those forces landed
In I stsr Sit% tb they advanced 6m a at on re, on n. Bal 3
Il Rsmen aSdsr Brig Cen: z Castillo C'.1 f6e
alauiFi. Witch castillo EIs 7 n occuypie sdO'n aS tSe
American Navy began to lombard it.
hoisted, The Americans landed their first
at Baiquiri and advanced on FirmeZa
md 95S Siboney With tho the s. Cuban n forces Ssef always In
said villages. In siboney the landing Of Amer
can troops was continued while the Cuban
Santiago de Cuba. sustained a severe en-
counter with the enemy, in Las Guasimas.
Il / ny sonfssTEs2,ss with Admiral Admire Sampson and
smEarf Wit sn 1855 men ds ss Hsef tasS shG SSnd
land east Of. Santiago. de Cuba. With this
DI%t, ! an sent 1T fer 3bs t5 Bal. for re- Ct AAgg ws S.. snea ar
which operation was finished In the
These forces. forming three distinct
Major-Gen. -Capote. Generals Of Division
Ih@sSistee om ths s9t If M tSESs .S ss1nS : s Snae Rt tbH
md some oilceTs invited BY GER. Ludiog who
At1ur u AiO VIZ oIlb
s@barSed frsst in The stea@sr I Looms. land landed Dat az
the other Cuban forces which had ar
Rived before. as we'll as many thousand OF the
Gensrai q Division Estrada marched on tho
1Sth TO Agnacate to Gath he Eth The ioress that were
1ess 70 fight any forces that might bs sent to
jibohey carrying the rest OF my forces, ATT
o'clock 4; M re lHHHdinF commenced at slbo-
around the village. Our forces whlch had
.rriyed earlier also capped around Sibonsy. as
B Berts az ,pP ratsTnT3y S6iaS 0e the Sm American lea HA5 5Pny;
American soldiers, WRoS Wee o WITH
s3ch other in good feeling. On account
n which We SsiwS1es were, from 1.-THE the first tn the 'e4I meriyy
ans supplied us with the necessary rations Tor
Jon. Skater and myself had completed the
1lan, 81 attack and l received from him the
1 :S%srd 2 s %at I on w III RR3RT a Sim MitR MY Roa 6HSc 60
1SHIr sane n1SsS ddey; ad some 55esIIm In ePt and cannon
posts, was Col, Carlos Gonzalez. commandinR
he Division OF Bayamo and part Of the brigade
On the S0th I eneamped with my forces at
p Salad0; nine miles from siboney and four
point Gen, shaiter' estsbiis6ed his headSaaro
,sFs; At T. 0 0''sIoek In the afternoon l Eefeiyed
from the enemy the batteries which were
,ome from Santiago.
.Atthe commencement OF the attack on San
dc Cuba there were 1900 mon In the
American army There were 1000 .Cubans
It $50 In the morning d, the lst OF July / be-:
ran the march toward Marianajo. and at z
n lhe following order: 70 the left on San Juan
md fronting santiago. Major5Gen. jose Ma
2 him. in the centre. General Of Divi-
he, right Of the former. General Of Bril-
Eade Francisco Sanchez HecheyerriG with
len: Ge6 6I,sS too command and Gen; Cebreco
flank on the heights OF Mariapajo Gen.
tabi and myself with our STATS and escorts
nv forces an American battery TO fre on Fort
'aIes s Sad' p Sr41 ef nose 81 Ra a95Sss Win IL Col aam Gon n;
,ssta ARsr SSIsb forces Mss on Al the ) right aank the
len Layton with a division OF the American
Gmy Thieh was 70 assault the village, With
E;ere 200 Cubans OF Ramon commanded by