The Battle of Las Guasimas (Cuba): Major General William R. Shafter, commanding the Fifth Corps of the Army of the United states, defeats the Regiment of María Cristina of the Army of Spain, commanded by Brigadier General Antero Rubín Homent. This brings about the collapse of the Spanish war effort in Cuba.
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 252.
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