Invasion from East to West in Cuba | |||||||
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Part of Cuban War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Cuban Nationalists | Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Máximo Gómez José Miró Argenter Bernabé Boza | Arsenio Martínez Campos | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
83,990 | 64,500 |
The Invasion from East to West took place on the island of Cuba, and began on October 22, 1895, in Mangos de Baraguá, in the former province of Oriente. It was organized and directed by Antonio Maceo Grajales and Máximo Gómez. The Liberation Army, guided by the firmness of taking the fight against Spanish colonialism to all corners of Cuba, starred in one of the most relevant events in Cuban history. In the midst of the "Cuban War of Independence", inspired by José Martí, that campaign responded to the old desire of the insurgent generals Maceo and Gómez. These launched the strategy of limiting the liberation struggle to the eastern territory of the Island, but rather extending it throughout the entire Cuban territory to force Spain to fight simultaneously in the six provinces that the country had at that time, in order to weaken it on all fronts.