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Battle of Loma del Gato
1896
5 July 1896
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2nd Cuban War of Independence

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With resistance continuing in eastern Cuba, 1,500 Spanish troops led by Colonel Joaquin Vara de Rey, serving under General Arsenio Linares, attacked a rebel position at Loma del Gato. In a six-hour action the rebels were defeated and driven out with the bayonet, leaving 59 killed, including their commander José Maceo, brother of the great insurgent General Antonio Maceo.


   
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