. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . twoexpeditions of General Miles arrived,reinforcing General Shafters armywith over 6,000 men. GeneralToral was acquainted with the factof their presence, and General Milesurgently impressed upon him thatfurther resistance could but result ina useless loss of life. Tlie Spanishcommander replied that he had notreceived permission to surrender,and if the Americans would not wait longer he could only obey orders ofhis government, and that he and his men would die fighting. Accordingly ajoint bombardment by the army and navy was begun
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . twoexpeditions of General Miles arrived,reinforcing General Shafters armywith over 6,000 men. GeneralToral was acquainted with the factof their presence, and General Milesurgently impressed upon him thatfurther resistance could but result ina useless loss of life. Tlie Spanishcommander replied that he had notreceived permission to surrender,and if the Americans would not wait longer he could only obey orders ofhis government, and that he and his men would die fighting. Accordingly ajoint bombardment by the army and navy was begun. The artillery replyof the Spaniards was feeble and spiritless, though our attack on the city waschiefly with artillery. They seemed to depend most upon their small arms,and returned the voUeys fired from the trenches vigorously. Oui- lines wereelaborately protected with over 22,000 sand-bags, while the Spaniards wereprotected with bamboo poles filled with earth. In this engagement thedynamite gun of the Kough Eiders did excellent service, striking the enemys. MAJOK-GBNEKAL. J\ t;jj3(Ji\ A. MILES. THE SPANTSIH-AMERICAN WAR. 261 trenches ami blowing tield-pieces into the air. The bombardment continueduntil the afternoon of the second day, when a flag of truce was displayed overthe city. It was thought that General Toral was about to surrender, buiinstead he only asked more time. On the advice of General Miles, General Shafter consented to anothertruce, and, at last, on July 14th, after an interview with Generals Miles andSliafter, in which he agreed to give up the city on condition that the armywould be returned to Spain at the expense of America, General Toral surren-dered. On July KUh the agreement, with the formal approval of the Madridand Washington governments, was signed in duplicate by the commissioners,each side retaining a copy. This event was accepted throughout the world aamarking the end of the Spanish-American War. The conditions of the surrender involved the follo
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