Battle of San Juan Hill

When

1 Jul 1898

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

20.02° N, 75.80° W

Description

1898 decisive battle of the Spanish–American War

Significant battle of the Spanish–American War

The Battle of San Juan Hill, also known as the Battle for the San Juan Heights, was a major battle of the Spanish–American War fought July 1, 1898, between an American force under the command of William Rufus Shafter and Joseph Wheeler against a Spanish force led by Arsenio Linares y Pombo.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Spanish–American War: Battle of San Juan Hill – United States troops (including Buffalo Soldiers and Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders) take a strategic…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la conocida como Batalla de las Colinas de San Juan, 300 militares españoles lograron repeler a una fuerza estadounidense de unos 15 000 o 20 000 hombres…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Spanish-American22 Apr 1898 · Interstate war · Deaths 3,685