Where were the battles of the Spanish American War fought?

Answer 1

• 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.

References

• Bagosy, A. The Dirty Little War
• Nofi, Albert A., The Spanish-American War, 1898, 1997.

Answer 2

The first battle of the Spanish American War was with the Chinnese people. So there fore the first battle was with China.

Answer 3

In the Caribbean and the Pacific Ocean.