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The Marblehead, which had provided shore bombardment on several occasions, steamed down the coast and shelled the well at Cuzco. Nevertheless, the Spanish attack was resumed at dusk, and two more Marines—acting Sergeant Major Henry Good and Private Goode Taurman—were killed.
Cuzco Well - 1898 BLUF: The Battle of Cuzco Well was a portion of the larger fight for Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, during the Spanish– American War, on 14 June 1898. The conflict involved elements of the First Marine Battalion (Reinforced) and Cuban rebels as they fought to take the only freshwater source on the point from the Spanish.
gagement of the battle, Marines of the First Marine Battalion assaulted and captured the blockhouse overlooking the Spanish base of Cuzco Well. Skirmishers, under covering fire of the new tenants, cleared the fields of any Spanish defenders around the windmill and water supply. Source: Art Collection, National Museum of the Marine Corps
The cruiser Marblehead's captain, Cdr Bowman H. McCalla, understood the value of Marines. Among Marblehead's contributions in the Caribbean campaign was providing fire support for Col Robert W. Huntington's battalion at Guantanamo. At 52, George Elliott was the battalion's junior captain.
16 mar 2024 · Thanks to the long-range accuracy of the Winchester-Lee rifle and its 6 mm cartridge, Marines, and their Cuban allies, were able to defeat the Spanish garrison at Cuzco Wells at extreme...
15 maj 2014 · The cemetery, which sits on a small plain that was the site of the Battle of Cuzco Wells in 1898, is a physical manifestation of the then and now of GTMO history.
Guantánamo Public Memory Project – Battle for Cuzco Wells. 1898 – 1934 1903 – 1959 1959 – 2002 1991 – Present 2002 – Present.
