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The Battle of Santiago de Cuba was a decisive naval engagement that occurred on July 3, 1898 between an American fleet, led by William T. Sampson and Winfield Scott Schley, against a Spanish fleet led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, which occurred during the Spanish–American War. The significantly more powerful US Navy squadron, consisting of ...
The Battle of Santiago de Cuba on July 3, was the largest naval engagement of the Spanish–American War. When the Spanish squadron finally attempted to leave the harbor on July 3, the American forces destroyed or grounded five of the six ships.
US victory, blockades of the Spanish port of Matanzas. [ 5] First Battle of Cardenas. May 8, 1898. American victory, Spanish attempts to lift the blockade on Cuba thwarted. [ 6] Second Battle of Cardenas. May 11, 1898. Spanish victory, loosening of the blockade on Cuba.
Siege. American trenches on San Juan Hill during the siege [2]. On July 3, 1898, the same day as the naval battle, Major General William "Pecos Bill" Shafter began the siege of Santiago. Shafter fortified his position on San Juan Heights. General Henry W. Lawton 's division moved up from El Caney extending the U.S. right flank to the north.
The Siege of Havana was a successful British siege against Spanish-ruled Havana that lasted from March to August 1762, as part of the Seven Years' War.After Spain abandoned its former policy of neutrality by signing the family compact with France, resulting in a British declaration of war on Spain in January 1762, the British government decided to mount an attack on the important Spanish ...
The Battle of Guantánamo Bay was fought from June 6 to June 14 in 1898, during the Spanish–American War, when American and Cuban forces seized the strategically and commercially important harbor of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Capturing the bay from the Spanish forces was instrumental in the following Battle of Santiago de Cuba and the subsequent ...
The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan (left) and the class frigate Admiral Gorshkov, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, arrive at Havana's harbour, June 12, 2024.
The Constitutional Navy of Cuba was the navy of Cuba that existed prior to 1959. During World War II, it sank the German submarine U-176 on 15 May 1943. The helicopter carrier patrol vessel Rio Damuji n° 390 in Havana (July 2011) During the Cold War, the Cuban Navy successfully captured the freighters Leyla Express and Johnny Express, both ...