Second Eastern Campaign | |||||||
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Part of Cuban War of Independence | |||||||
The Rough Riders charging at the Battle of San Juan Hill | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Cuban rebels | Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Calixto García Jesús Rabí José M. Capote Mario García Carlos García |
Valeriano Weyler Ramón Blanco | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
35,000 infantry | 7,800 infantry | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
624 killed | 2,365 killed |
The Second Eastern Campaign was a military campaign that took place between August 1 to 12, 1898, in the Oriente Province of Cuba during the Cuban War of Independence. It was the shortest military campaign of the entire war and it was the one that marked the end of Spanish reign in Cuba and the Spanish Empire in Latin America.