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Battle Of Peralejo
The Battle of Peralejo was a military confrontation between Cuban Revolutionary Army, Cuban independence rebels, under the command of Major General Antonio Maceo Grajales, Antonio Maceo against the forces of the Spanish Army, under the command of Captain General Arsenio Martínez Campos, which was part of Maceo's First Eastern Campaign during the Cuban War of Independence. Background Cuban Operations During the Eastern Campaign, Major General Antonio Maceo Grajales, headed for Bayamo with forces from Cambute and Santiago de Cuba. Its purpose was to confront the Spanish columns that operated there, and that supply the Spanish detachments of the central line, especially Bayamo, the head of the district. On July 5, 1895, Brigadier Jesús Rabí joined forces from Jiguaní in Cacao, and on July 7 they camped on the Buey River, in the area of Valenzuela, southwest of Bayamo. Spanish Operations General Arsenio Martínez Campos and Brigadier Fidel Alonso de Santocildes, Fidel A. Santoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban War Of Independence
The Cuban War of Independence (), fought from 1895 to 1898, was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880). The final three months of the conflict escalated to become the Spanish–American War, with United States forces being deployed in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippine Islands against Spain. Historians disagree as to the extent that United States officials were motivated to intervene for humanitarian reasons but agree that yellow journalism exaggerated atrocities attributed to Spanish forces against Cuban civilians. Background During the years 1879–1888 of the so-called "Rewarding Truce", lasting for 17 years from the end of the Ten Years' War in 1878, there were fundamental social changes in Cuban society. With the abolition of slavery in October 1886, freedmen joined the ranks of farmers and the urban working class. The economy could no longer sustain itse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
