World.) General Shafter put a human rope of 22,400 men around Santiago, with its 26,000 Spanish soldiers, and then Spain succumbed in despair.

In a semi-circle extending around Santiago, from Daliquiri on the east clear around to Cobre on the west, our troops were stretched a cordon of almost impenetrable thickness and strength.

First came General Bates, with the Ninth, Tenth, Third, Thirteenth, Twenty-first and Twenty-fourth U.S.Infantry.

On his right crouched General Sumner, commanding the Third, Sixth and Ninth U.S.Cavalry.

Next along the arc were the Seventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth U.S.Infantry under General Chaffee.