Battle of Las Taironas
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| Battle of Las Taironas | |||||||
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| Part of Cuban War of Independence and Invasion from East to West in Cuba | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Cuban rebels |
 Spain | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Antonio Maceo |
Ulpiano Sánchez Echevarría | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Céspedes Regiment Las Villas Regiment[1] |
Baza Battalion Isabel la Católica Regiment[1] | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,560 Mambises[1] | 520 Infantry[1] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 12 killed, 49 Wounded[1][2] |
Source 1: 48 – 200 killed and wounded [1] Source 2: 400 killed and wounded[2] | ||||||
The Battle of Las Taironas was a battle of the Cuban War of Independence that took place on January 17, 1896 at Pinar del Río between Cuban forces led by Major General Antonio Maceo and the Spanish led by lieutenant colonel Ulpiano Sanchez Echevarria who was a Cuban native.[1][2]
Within the period of the Invasion from East to West in Cuba, Antonio Maceo; After separating from Máximo Gómez in La Habana Province, he continued his march to the westernmost end of the province of Pinar del Río with the aim of reaching the end of the invasion. After a series of defeats, the Spanish command, led by Arsenio Martínez Campos, sought one last action to stop Maceo, an occasion that appeared in the town of Las Taironas.