Spanish Army in Cuba

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colonial army military unit

The Spanish Army in Cuba was the colonial military force of Spain tasked with defending its rule over Cuba, notably engaging U.S. and Cuban forces during the Spanish–American War.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish Army forces in Cuba	1
Spanish Army garrison at El Caney	1
Spanish Army in Cuba canonical	1
Spanish forces in Cuba	1
surrender of Santiago de Cuba	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial army ⓘ military unit ⓘ
commander	Antero Rubín ⓘ Arsenio Martínez Campos ⓘ José Toral y Velázquez ⓘ Ramón Blanco y Erenas ⓘ Valeriano Weyler ⓘ
conflict	Cuban War of Independence ⓘ Little War ⓘ Spanish–American War ⓘ Ten Years' War ⓘ
country	Spain ⓘ
disbandedAs	Spanish garrison in Cuba after 1898 ⓘ
engagement	Battle of El Caney ⓘ Battle of San Juan Hill ⓘ Caribbean theater of the Spanish–American War ⓘ surface form: Naval campaign around Santiago de Cuba Siege of Santiago ⓘ surface form: Siege of Santiago de Cuba
fate	evacuated from Cuba following Spanish–American War ⓘ
garrisonLocation	Camagüey ⓘ Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana Matanzas ⓘ Pinar del Río ⓘ Santiago de Cuba ⓘ
includedUnitType	artillery ⓘ cavalry ⓘ colonial militias ⓘ engineers ⓘ infantry ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
operatedIn	Captaincy General of Cuba ⓘ Cuba ⓘ
opponent	Cuban separatist forces ⓘ Mambí forces ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Army ⓘ
relatedTo	Cuban independence movement ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ
resultOfConflict	end of Spanish colonial rule in Cuba ⓘ
role	defense of Spanish colonial rule in Cuba ⓘ
strength	hundreds of thousands of troops at peak during Cuban War of Independence ⓘ
suppliedBy	Captaincy General of Cuba ⓘ surface form: Spanish colonial administration in Cuba Spanish government ⓘ surface form: Spanish government in Madrid
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ Spanish colonial period in Cuba ⓘ
usedTactic	fortified blockhouses ⓘ guerrilla warfare counterinsurgency ⓘ reconcentration policy ⓘ scorched earth ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Santiago → combatant → Spanish Army in Cuba ⓘ

U.S. Army forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War → opponent → Spanish Army in Cuba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Army forces in Cuba

Battle of El Caney → defendingForce → Spanish Army in Cuba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Army garrison at El Caney

José Toral y Velázquez → partOf → Spanish Army in Cuba ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish forces in Cuba

San Juan Hill → aftermath → Spanish Army in Cuba ⓘ

this entity surface form: surrender of Santiago de Cuba