id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 26026 Norris, Frank The Surrender of Santiago An Account of the Historic Surrender of Santiago to General Shafter, July 17, 1898 .txt text/plain 4473 223 78 an adaptation by one of the General's aides, which had a great success. General had been receiving during the last three days. accompany the commanding General to a point midway between the Spanish and American lines and there to receive the surrender of General Toral. Sometime during the morning the Spanish General would surrender to we saddled our horses and when the General and his staff started to ride and, as we came up we could see the general officers--each of them _deus ex machina_ was far ahead with General Shafter by this time, and moved forward at a quick trot, General Shafter's pith helmet bobbing Toral, the defeated General, came next. came out into the open space ahead of his staff, and General Shafter thousands of men stood in line and watched; Santiago watched, and donkeys was already in sight when a general movement of our escort made ./cache/26026.txt ./txt/26026.txt