Battle of Dos Ríos
Battle of Dos Rios | |||||||
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Part of Cuban War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Cuba | Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
José Martí † | Col. Sandoval, Col. Salvador Arizón (WIA) | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
700 | unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
14 killed | 5 killed 7 wounded |
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- Dos Ríos
- 1st Eastern
- El Jobito
- Peralejo
- Sao del Indio
- Circular
- Western invasion
- Iguará
- Mal Tiempo
- Coliseo
- Calimete
- Las Taironas
- Lanzadera
- Loma del Gato
- Ceja del Negro
- Paso de las Damas
- San Pedro
- La Reforma
- 2nd Eastern
- Las Tunas
- Guisa
- Guantánamo Bay
- Las Guasimas
- Tayacoba
- Aguadores
- El Caney
- Santiago de Cuba
- Manimani
The Battle of Dos Ríos was fought in Cuba during its war of independence from Spain.
History
José Martí died fighting in the battle of Dos Ríos (near Palma Soriano). He was leading a group of rebels against the Spanish royalist army in the first skirmish in Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain (see History of Cuba). An attempt to recover Martí's body was made by the rebels but the Spanish forces were too strong. Spanish forces buried José Martí; the body was subsequently exhumed and reburied with an elaborate funeral in Santiago de Cuba in 1951.[1][2]
References
- ^ Hendrickson Jr., Kenneth E. (2003). The Spanish–American War. Westport: Greenwood Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780313316623.
- ^ Gonçalves, João Felipe (2006). Font, Mauricio Augusto; Quiroz, Alfonso W. (eds.). The Cuban Republic and José Martí: Reception and Use of a National Symbol. Oxford: Lexington Books. p. 23. ISBN 9780739112250.
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