The Battle of Guanica (Puerto Rico): Major General Nelson A. Miles, commanding the American Expeditionary Force, defeats the Puerto Rican division of the Army of Spain, commanded by Governor-General Manuel Macías y Casado.

       [restored 5/22/2022]

Subsequent Events:

12/10/1898                  7/27/1932

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 252.

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