✦ History

Part of Spanish-American War

Battle of Santiago de Cuba

July 3, 1898 · Battle of Santiago de Cuba

Result American victory

Cervera's squadron tried to break out of Santiago and was destroyed by the American fleet.

On the map Contemporaries

United States

Spain

United States
Spain
William Thomas Sampson military commander Winfield Scott Schley military commander
Pascual Cervera y Topete military commander Fernando Villaamil military commander

Strength and losses

Killed
1
Wounded
1
Killed
343
Wounded
151
Captured
1,889

Units

Flying Squadron (1898) North Atlantic Squadron USS Oregon
Spanish Caribbean Squadron (Cervera)