Background
See also: El Caney order of battleAt El Caney, Cuba, 514 Spanish regular soldiers, together with approximately 100 armed Spanish loyalists under the command of General Joaquín Vara de Rey were instructed to hold the northwest flank of Santiago against the American 2nd Division commanded by Brigadier General Henry Ware Lawton.
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