Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1898-07-16

Win The UNITED STATES ..'RooPs
BEFORE SANTIAGO DE CURA, July IA,
via Kingston, Jamaica, July l6.-Be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 Spanish prison
ers are taken by General Toral's sur
render, about 10000 of whom are in
Santiago. The remainder are at Guam
tanamo and others are garrisoned III the
towns OF Eastern Cuba and throughout
the surrendered province. All these
troops are 70 be embarked and sent back
to Spain under parole.
General Shatter bears his honors
modestly. 10 q correspondent he said;
THE eaemy has surrendered all the
territory and troops east of Satiago.
The terms were dictated from Wash
lngton. 1t has been Il hard oampaign
one OF the hardest [ ever saw. The
difficulties TO contend with were very
great. Mover during our Civil war
more more difficult problems solved
The character of the country and the
roads made II seem almost impossible
to advance in the face Of the enemy.
The transportation problem was hard.
but all the difficulties have been sue
cesslully surmounted Our troops have
behaved sgallantly. They fought like
haroes and / 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
1.-The resistance of the enemy has
been exceedingly stubborn. General
Toral has proved himself foeman
worthy Of any mans steel,
Ills llc3 CITATIONS which eliminated
in the surrender OF General Toral have
been dragging on for ten days, with the
intermisslon of Sunday and Monday,
when our batteries and fieet bombartied
she enemy position. Throus uoat
these l,erioaa OF truce, General Ioral
has ssre@diy played for time, always
deelIni. & 10 Surrender Internationally
and failing back, when hard pressed,
upon the statement that he was simply
a subordinate and poWerless 10 agree to
the proposals without the sanction OF
his superiors, except under penalty OF
being c0urtmartialed. At the same
time he seemed to intimate that, person
ally, &C thought it useless to hold out
any longer. But he and his garrison
were soldiers, he SAID, and could die, if
necessary ODey1HS OfueFS
II was at the personal interview held
by General Shafter with General Toral
yesterday that the American general
made the Spanish commander under
stand that temp0rizing must cease and
that before noon today Il categorical af-
firmauon to his offer must be received,
or the bombardment of the city would
begin in earnest.
y, OIL l,,l
been perfected. The day had been util-
lied to good advantage. Our lines had
been extended until Santiago was nearly
surrounded, and our light batteries had
been so posted as to be able TO do more
effective work.
III addition, arrangements had been
made to land troops at Cabanas, west of
the entrance OF the harbor of Santiago.
The Spanish batteries opposite MORO
castle were to be bombarded and
stormed, their guns were then to be
turned upon the city and General Law
ton S division at the same time was to
fall on the enemy's left flank under the
cover of our artillery fire. We could
then have enfiladed their lines and
have driven them into the city
General Toral must have realized
that he was trapped and that to hold
out longer mast mean q useless sacrifice
OF MS men; suit 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 communication to General Shat
ter enclosing copy OF d telegram from
Captain General Blanco explaining that
the surrender of such an important po-
citizen as Santiago and the abandonment