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- April, 1898
- April 25 - Bombardment of Matanzas, Cuba by US Navy (I)
- May, 1898
- May 1 - Battle of Manila Bay; US forces destroy Spanish Pacific Squadron (A)
- May 11- Battle of Cárdenas; Spanish gunboats defeat American gunboats (S)
- May 11 - Battle of Cienfuegos; US cuts telegraph cable at Cienfuegos after two failed attempts (I)
- May 12 - Admiral William T. Sampson bombards San Juan, Puerto Rico (I)
- May 31 - US Fleet skirmishes with Cristóbal Colónand the fortifications of Santiago, Cuba (I)
- June, 1898
- June 3 - Failed effort to block harbor mouth at Santiago with scuttling of collier Merrimack
- June 10 - US Marines land at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (A)
- June 21 - Guam captured by US forces; Wake Island soon follows
- June 21 - Cuban guerillas land at Sigua, Cuba
- June 22 - Second San Juan USS Saint Paul maintains a blockade by defeating a Spanish sortie.
- June 22 - US troops land at Daiquiri, Cuba; they find Spanish positions abandoned
- June 23 - Skirmish at Las Guasimas, Cuba, Cuban rebels driven back
- June 24 - Battle of Las Guasimas; US troops encounter Spanish resistance (A)
- June 30 - Battle of Tayacoba; US landing effort repulsed by Spaniards (S)
- June 30 - First Battle of Manzanillo; a US naval force attempts to clear the harbor but is repulsed (S)
- July, 1898
- July 1 - Second Battle of Manzanillo; two American gunboats attempt to recanoiter the harbor but are forced to flee (S)
- July 1 - Battles of the Santiago Heights: Battle of Kettle Hill (I) and San Juan Hill (A); fierce fighting for capital of Santiago Province in Cuba
- July 3 - Siege of Santiago begins; Battle of Santiago de Cuba; Cervera's squadron destroyed (A)
- July 10- Santiago, Cuba bombarded by US Navy
- July 17- Spanish garrison of Santiago surrenders after weeks of siege
- July 21- Battle of Nipe Bay American gunboats defeat Spanish gunboats and clear the bay (A)
- July 23- Battle of Mani-Mani; Spanish prevent landing of Cuban reinforcements (S)
- July 25- Puerto Rican Campaign; US troops begin invasion of Puerto Rico (I)
- July 28- US troops defeated at Battle of Fajardo (S)
- July 31- Night attack by Spanish on US lines outside Manila, Philippines
- August, 1898
- August 11- US Troops enter Mayagüez, Puerto Rico; Spanish troops encircle the city to fight a battle that never occurs
- August 13- Battle of Manila; US Troops capture Manila, Philippines(A)
- 1899-1913
- Continued struggles in the Philippine-American War involving Filipinos and Spanish soldiers who refuse to give up fighting. The struggle is called "America's first Vietnam" by late twentieth-century historians.
- Bagosy, A. The Dirty Little War
- Nofi, Albert A., The Spanish-American War, 1898, 1997.
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∙ 13y agoThe first battle of the Spanish American War was with the Chinnese people. So there fore the first battle was with China.
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During which war was The Battles of Lexington and Concord fought?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought during the American Revolutionary war. They were the first battles of the war and were fought on April 19, 1775.
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American Civil war
Which Mexican American War battles were fought in Texas?
The Thornton Affair.
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All of the big battles were in Mexico.
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In the Caribbean.
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The Spanish American War.
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There were 123 battles
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About one hundred battles were fought in New Jersey.
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American Civil war
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Spain and the US, but the battles were fought in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
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Early battles of the American Revolution were fought in Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey.
The US fought in the Spanish-American War?
Yes the U.S. fought in the Spanish-American war. They began by helping the Cubans who wanted independence.
What American war was fought April 19 1775?
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on this day.
Which Mexican American War battles were fought in Texas?
The Thornton Affair.
What island did was the Spanish American War fought over?
The War was fought for Cuban Independence.
