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Battle of San Juan Hill
1898
1 July 1898
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type of battle

war or event

Spanish- American War

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modern country

Generals Samuel Sumner and Jacob F. Kent advanced through Las Guásimas against Santiago de Cuba. Supported by Colonels Leonard Wood and Theodore Roosevelt, they attacked Spanish outer defences held by General Arsenio Linares. San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill were taken at a cost of over 1,500 American casualties and Santiago surrendered two weeks later.


   
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