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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.
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.
Lt Col. Thomas of the Cuban rebel forces advised Colonel Huntington to attack the Spanish garrison at Cuzco Well, consisting of four companies of Spanish infantry and two companies of loyalist guerrilla forces totaling some 500 men.
Guantánamo Public Memory Project – Battle for Cuzco Wells. contact. Guantánamo Public Memory Project. 1898 – 19341903 – 19591959 – 20021991 – Present2002 – Present. Creative: Picture Projects& Tronvig Group. Stories. Place. Timeline. Participate.
26 paź 2018 · Capture of Cuzco Well 16 Departure 22 Battle off Manzanillo 22 Home Sweet Home 24 Reception at Portsmouth 26 NOTES 29 APENDLX 33 I3IBLLOGRAPHY 49. INTRODUCTION The Spanish-American War ... as well as ambitious for a better place in life, he journeyed from his small New England town to Boston. A visit to the Navy Yard there
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.
29 cze 2023 · U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers stationed at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay commemorated the 125th anniversary of the Battle of Cuzco Well.
