✦ History

Part of Spanish-American War

Battle of Guantánamo Bay

June 6–14, 1898 · Battle of Guantánamo Bay

Result American-Cuban victory

US Marines landed and held Guantánamo Bay as a base for the fleet blockading Santiago.

On the map Contemporaries

Spain

United States

Spain
United States
Bowman H. McCalla military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
5,000
Casualties
208
Captured
18
Ships
2
Strength
923
Casualties
29

Units

1st Marine Battalion (1898)