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The Spanish–American War [b] (April 21 – December 10, 1898) was fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. It began with the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba , and resulted in the U.S. acquiring sovereignty over Puerto Rico , Guam , and the Philippines , and a protectorate of Cuba.
In 1898, the United States intervened in the war and finished defeating the Spanish army. The 9 of October 1898, General Perez entered triumphantly with his troops in the city of Guantanamo. In January 1899, in response to an old proposal from Calixto García, Pedro Agustín Pérez was promoted to Major General of the Liberation Army.
The action of 25 April 1898 was a minor single ship action of the Spanish–American War fought near Cárdenas, Cuba, between the American torpedo boat USS Foote under Lieutenant William Ledyard Rodgers and the Spanish gunboat Ligera under Lieutenant Antonio Pérez Rendón.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, First. That war be, and the same is hereby, declared to exist, and has existed since the twenty-first day of April, A.D. 1898, including said day, between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain. Second.
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March 27 – Spanish general election, 1898; April 11 – U.S. president William McKinley asks the U.S. Congress to declare war on Spain; April 25 – beginning of Spanish–American War; July 1 – Spanish–American War: Battle of El Caney; July 3 – Spanish–American War: Battle of Santiago de Cuba; December 10 – Treaty of Paris (1898)
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The Battle of Manila (Filipino: Labanan sa Maynila; Spanish: Batalla de Manila), sometimes called the Mock Battle of Manila, [1] was a land engagement which took place in Manila on August 13, 1898, at the end of the Spanish–American War, three months after the decisive victory by Commodore Dewey's Asiatic Squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay.