Ciego de Ávila is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The city has a population of about 156,322 and the province 430,616.
The Ten Years' War,also known as the Great War and the War of '68,was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy natives. On 10 October 1868,sugar mill owner Carlos Manuel de Céspedes and his followers proclaimed independence,beginning the conflict. This was the first of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain,the other two being the Little War (1879–1880) and the Cuban War of Independence (1895–1898). The final three months of the last conflict escalated with United States involvement,leading to the Spanish–American War.
Lt. General JoséAntonio de la Caridad Maceo y Grajales was second-in-command of the Cuban Army of Independence.
Camagüey is a city and municipality in central Cuba and is the nation's third-largest city with more than 321,000 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Camagüey Province.
Máximo Gómez y Báez was a Dominican Generalissimo in Cuba's War of Independence (1895–1898). He was known for his controversial scorched-earth policy,which entailed dynamiting passenger trains and torching the Spanish loyalists' property and sugar plantations—including many owned by Americans. He greatly increased the efficacy of the attacks by torturing and killing not only Spanish soldiers,but also Spanish sympathizers and especially Cubans loyal to Spain. By the time the Spanish–American War broke out in April 1898,the rebellion was virtually defeated in most of Western Cuba,with only a few operating pockets in the center and the east. He refused to join forces with the Spanish in fighting off the United States,and he retired to the Quinta de los Molinos,a luxury villa outside of Havana after the war's end formerly used by captains generals as summer residence.
Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara. It is centrally located in the province and Cuba. Santa Clara is the fifth-most populous Cuban city,with a population of nearly 250,000.
Ignacio Agramonte y Loynaz was a Cuban revolutionary,who played an important part in the Ten Years' War (1868–1878).
Karol Rolow-Miałowski or Carlos Roloff Mialofsky,better known simply as Carlos Roloff,was a Polish-born Cuban general and liberation activist,who fought against Spain in the Ten Years' War and the Cuban War of Independence in the Las Villas Province.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Camagüey,Cuba.
The First Eastern Campaign was a military campaign that took place between early May and late August of 1895 in Oriente Province of Cuba,in the Cuban War of Independence.
The Invasion from East to West took place on the island of Cuba,and began on October 22,1895,in Mangos de Baraguá,in the former province of Oriente. It was organized and directed by Antonio Maceo Grajales and Máximo Gómez. The Liberation Army,guided by the firmness of taking the fight against Spanish colonialism to all corners of Cuba,starred in one of the most relevant events in Cuban history. In the midst of the "Cuban War of Independence",inspired by JoséMartí,that campaign responded to the old desire of the insurgent generals Maceo and Gómez. These launched the strategy of limiting the liberation struggle to the eastern territory of the Island,but rather extending it throughout the entire Cuban territory to force Spain to fight simultaneously in the six provinces that the country had at that time,in order to weaken it on all fronts.
Serafín Gualberto Sánchez Valdivia was a Cuban patriot,abolitionist and a participant of all three Cuban wars of independence. Additionally he participated in the Gómez-Maceo Plan. He reached the rank of Major General. He participated in more than 120 fights. He was also a surveyor and teacher. Brother of Colonel Sabás Raimundo Sánchez Valdivia and Brigadier JoséJoaquín Sánchez Valdivia. He maintained a solid friendship with Máximo Gómez and JoséMartí,who considered him a brother.
Francisco Adolfo "Flor" Crombet Tejera was a Cuban patriot and participated in the three independence conflicts. He was appointed head,in commission,of the division of Cuba and Bayamo and was Major General. He landed with Antonio Maceo Grajales for "Duaba". He participated in the Ten Years' War and protested with Maceo in Mangos de Baraguáin defense of the total and definitive independence of Cuba.
The Battle of Iguará was a battle of the Cuban War of Independence which took place on December 13,1895 in the Santa Clara Province,Cuba.
The Battle of Paso de las Damas was a battle of the Cuban War of Independence that took place on 18 November 1896 at the Santa Clara Province.
Pedro Antonio Díaz Molina was a Cuban general who was the only former slave that was a major general in the Cuban Liberation Army.
The La Reforma Campaign was a campaign of the Cuban War of Independence which was waged for 16 months with the Cuban forces under the command of Máximo Gómez against the Spanish forces under the command of Valeriano Weyler. Despite the Spanish outnumbering the Cuban forces by 40,000 to 600,Gómez's guerrilla warfare tactics as well as the weather caused over 40 Spanish soldiers to die each day throughout the campaign. His approach was to divide his forces into tiny guerrilla groups and fight alone with his General Staff while continuously moving.
The Second Eastern Campaign was a military campaign that took place between August 1 to 12,1898,in the Oriente Province of Cuba during the Cuban War of Independence. It was the shortest military campaign of the entire war and it was the one that marked the end of Spanish reign in Cuba and the Spanish Empire in Latin America.
Enrique Loynaz del Castillo was a Dominican-born Cuban general and independence activist of the late 19th-century and early 20th-century. He was known for his service in the Cuban War of Independence,participating in the battles of Mal Tiempo and Paso de las Damas.
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