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The Battle of El Caney was fought on July 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War. 600 Spanish soldiers held for twelve hours, until they ran out of ammunition, against Henry W. Lawton's 5th US Division, made up of 6,899 men.
- July 1, 1898
- American victory, Strategic Spanish victory
En El Caney, Santiago de Cuba, 500 soldados españoles mandados por el general Joaquín Vara de Rey se encargaban de proteger el flanco noroeste de Santiago contra una invasión. Estaban equipadas con el fusil Mauser Modelo 1893 , superior a los fusiles Springfield estadounidenses.
- Costosa victoria estadounidense, Victoria estratégica española
El Caney (also Caney) is a small village six kilometers (four miles) to the northeast of Santiago, Cuba. "Caney" means longhouse in Taíno.
Today, El Caney is a substantial suburban district northeast of Santiago. It is connected to the metropolitan center by a major paved road that passes through some relatively rural areas. Historic photographs suggest that at the time of the 1898 fighting, El Caney was a small community composed mainly of lightly built homes.
El Poblado de El Caney (antiguamente San Luis del Caney [1] ), o simplemente El Caney es una localidad en el municipio de Santiago de Cuba, en el sureste de la isla de Cuba. Es conocido por la Batalla de El Caney (1898) y su producción de mangos .
El Caney è una cittadina situata a nordest di Santiago di Cuba da cui dista circa 5 km.
15 giu 2020 · Black Infantrymen in Cuba, 1898. On July 1, Buffalo Soldiers would engage in their first major conflict in Cuba, the Battle of El Caney. The battle was fought for the control of the Cuban town of El Caney.
