Show SPANIARDS AT guantanamo had no food for eight days still they gamely held their position copyright 1898 by the associated press santiago de caba anly 27 lieutenant colonel angel rosell who after taking confirmation of the instruct docs to surrender from general toral to general baraja baroja military governor of returned here this alter noon said to an associated press correspondent that the first intimation that guantanamo had ot the surrender of santiago and the terms thereof was on july when rear admiral sampson sent a letter to general daroja asking what number of rations debould be sant to his garrison as they bad surrendered on the general daroja being ignorant of the surrender refused to credit the message and accept rations answering answer ine admiral sampson to that effect admiral samp son then sent a copy of the terms of surrender whereupon general daroja decided to inquire of general toral at santiago whether the news was true and lieutenant colonel roell was appointed to come here he returned with this confirmation and the curran berof guantanamo took yesterday colonel robell says the conditions of are awful and the troops are literally starving for the last eight days they have had no food on fountine mo guard the soldiers were obliged to sit being too weak to egand and it was impossible to make them build trenches as they fell from exhaustion there are atoo sick in ananta namo buffering from dire aes increased by hunger the french cruiser rigault de ge bouilly nouilly was refused by admiral sampson to land grain and provisions tor the relief of the french colony at o all hope was abandoned and the sufferers were awaiting death from starvation the conditions of guantanamo colonel rosell says are worse than those at santiago lieutenant colonel ewens of the ninth infantry received the surrender of guantanamo yesterday the spanish troops will remain in the town until transported |