A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . e twoexpeditions of General Miles arrived,reinforcing General Shafters armywith over 6,000 men. GeneralToral was acquainted with the factof their presence, and General Mil«-urgently impressed upon him resistance could but result ma useless loss of life. The Spani-licommander replied that he had not received permission to surrender, , , , , ^ ^t and if the Americans would not wait longer he
A new history of the United StatesThe greater republic, embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . e twoexpeditions of General Miles arrived,reinforcing General Shafters armywith over 6,000 men. GeneralToral was acquainted with the factof their presence, and General Mil«-urgently impressed upon him resistance could but result ma useless loss of life. The Spani-licommander replied that he had not received permission to surrender, , , , , ^ ^t and if the Americans would not wait longer he could only obey ordens ofhis government, and that he an<l his would die fighting. Accordingly ajoint bonibardment by the army and navy was begun. 1 he -tfry lep^of the Spaniards was feeble and spiritless, though our attack on the :ty w^chiefly with artillery. They seemed to depend most upon t^- sm 11 armsand ;eturned the volleys fired from the trenches vigorous y. ^^^^^elaborately protected with over 22,000 sand-bags, while he ^P^-^^^^^protected with bamboo poles filled with earth. Tn this engagement thearn- te gun of the Rough Riders did excellent service, striking the enemy s. MAJOH-GENEEAIi NELSON A. MILES. 572 THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. trenches aud blowing field-pieces into the air. The bombardment continueduntil the afternoon of the second day, when a flag of truce was disi:)Iayed overthe city. It was thought that General Toral was about to surrender, butinstead 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 andShafter, 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 16th 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 acc
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