The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-08-23

counter with the enemy in Tas Quisinas
suffering some losses but intiicting great
er on the Spaniards. In my conference
with Admiral Sampson and Major Gen.
eral Shafter, we decided that should
embark with 5000 men at Aserraderos
and land east of Santiago de Cuba. With
that object sent for the forces at
Aguacate, near Palma, and on the 2oth
at 4 a M, we began to embark, which
operations was finished in the evsnfng..
These forces forming three distinct
columns were respectively undsr the
command of Major General Capote, Gen.
erals of Division Cebreco and Lora, and
Brigadier General Sanchez Heoheverria.
the entire force being under the imnedi-
ate command of Major General Jesus
Rabi.
I was on board Of the Alamo with my
staff and some officers invited by General
Ludlow, who had superin tended the en-
barkation. Brigadier General Sanchez
with force of 300 men who embar cd
first in the steamer Leone, landed at five
o. clock p. M, in Siboney. There were
already calnped the other Cuban forces
which had arrived before us with as many
thousand of the American army.
General Of Division Estrada, marched
on the 95th to Aguacaste to gather thH
forces that were there to form 9 column
Of 500 to 1000 men to march with them to-
ward Santiago in readiness to fight any
forces that might be sent to the said city.
AT dawn on the Goth the steamers
Orizaba and Seneca were opposite Siboney
carrying the balance of my forces. / WAS
on board of the Alamo with my staff and
some officers invited by General Ludlow.
At seven o'clock a. n., the landing COM
menced at Siboney ending at p. M, all
Cuban forces camping around the village.
Our forces, which had arrived earlier, all
SO camped around Siboney, as we'll as
many Thousand Of the American army.
Perfect fraternity reigned among the
Cuban and American soldiers, who We'd
with each other in good feeling. On ao-
count OF the scarcity of food in the terri
tory in which we were, from the first, the
Americans supplied us with the necessary
rations for the subsistence of our forces
On the goth General Shafter and myself
had completed the plan Of attack and /
receive from him the order to march on
the morrow with nay forces toward Santi-
ago, which he himself would do that
same day, some regiments and cannon
having already advanced. In the extreme
YAH2uhCut ia bASAu VI uuo
Spanish outposts, was Col. Carlos Con
zales commanding division of Bayamo,
and part Of the brigade of Ramon de Las
Taguas.
On the 3oth, Iencamped with my forces
at El Salado, nine miles from Sitoney
and Ia rules from Santiago. At the
same point General Shafter established
his headquarters. At three O'Clock in the
afternoon received orders tn place
myself at Marianne, between Caney and
San Juan, to protect against any attack
from the enemy, the batteries which were
going to fire on both points, should the
enemy come from Santiago
At the commence ment of the attack OH
Santiago there were $1,000 men In tne
American army. There were 1000 Cubans
| under my immediate orders around Uhe
city: At 8. IS on the morning Of the lsa : 2, 81
July began the march toward MarlanaJoO y
and at seven o'clock I already occupied
| the positions allotted to me in the follow
10 the left of San Jaun and fronting
Santiago, Major General Jose Marla
Capote with his column of lOO0 men; heAV
| to him, in the cen er, General OF Dlvisl3n4
Saturnia Lora and 800 men; to the TlenV
of the former, General of Brigade Fran
cisco Sanchez Hechaverria with his
column of 800 men, forming part OF Gen,
oral Cehreco's command and Generai
Cebreco himself, with 500 men OF his
division. 80
On the right flank in the heights OF
Marcenago, General Rabi and myself
with our stats and escorts, faced the vii.
lage of Caney. The left flank Of my my
forces, an American battery to fire on lons ~
San Juan. was protected by the forces OF
Col. Gonzales and part Of those of Ramon
with some of the American forces; on the
right flank, the batteries which were 70
fire on Ell Caney and General Lawt1n
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