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Battle of El Caney

July 1, 1898 · Battle of El Caney

Result American Pyrrhic victory

Lawton's division took the fortified village of El Caney after a day-long fight.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

Spain

United States

Spain

Henry Ware Lawton military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 18,000
Deaths: 80–205
Wounded: 1,200
Guns: 4

Strength: 500
Killed: 38
Wounded: 138
Captured: 160
Guns: 2

Units

4th Infantry Regiment (United States)