. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN. 17 if not greater force, and a little later I received informationthat my apprehensions in this regard were correct, and thatGeneral Shafter was assured that nnless the army withdrewthere was great danger of its being driven from the ridge ina disgraceful rout. I therefore wrote to General Shafter, tell-ing him of these appeals to me, and also informing him thatI was discountenancing these apprehensions as fa
. Campaigns of Wheeler and his cavalry 1862-1865 from material furnished by Gen. J. Wheeler, to which is added his ... account of the Santiago campaign of 1898 .. . THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN. 17 if not greater force, and a little later I received informationthat my apprehensions in this regard were correct, and thatGeneral Shafter was assured that nnless the army withdrewthere was great danger of its being driven from the ridge ina disgraceful rout. I therefore wrote to General Shafter, tell-ing him of these appeals to me, and also informing him thatI was discountenancing these apprehensions as far as it wasin my power. I also told him, in my letter, that to fall backfrom the position gained would result in a great loss of pres-tige. That portion of the main road extending from my head-quarters, situated under the crest of the hill some 150 yardsbehind the firing-line, to those occupied by General Shafter,some five miles in the rear, was one of the worst pieces ofhighway it has ever been my lot to encounter. Large rocksand stones were there in abundance, which made it very diffi-cult for the wagons conveying supplies from the ships tomake even fair p
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