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Battle of San Juan Hill

Battle of San Juan Hill was a battle fought on 1 July 1898 at San Juan Hill, in what is now Cuba. It was part of the Spanish–American War. The recorded result: American victory. Recorded strength: 8,412; 4 gatling guns against 521.

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Detail from Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry, July 2nd 1898 depicting the Battle of San Juan Hill. 1899 lithograph by Chicago printers Kurz and Allison. Online. Converted to JPEG and cropp
Detail from Charge of the 24th and 25th Colored Infantry, July 2nd 1898 depicting the Battle of San Juan Hill. 1899 lithograph by Chicago printers Kurz and Allison. Online. Converted to JPEG and cropp. w:Kurz and Allison, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1 July 1898
WhereSan Juan Hill, Cuba20.021N, 75.796W
OutcomeAmerican victory
BelligerentsUnited StatesagainstSpain
Casualties and losses144 killed; 1,024 wounded; 72 missingand58 killed; 366 wounded; 41 captured
Part ofSpanish–American War1898

Where it sits in the Spanish–American War

Capture of Guam, 1898Action of 25 April 1898, 1898Battle of Manila Bay, 1898First Battle of Cárdenas, 1898Battle of Cienfuegos, 1898Battle of Guantánamo Bay, 1898Second Battle of San Juan, 1898Battle of Las Guásimas, 1898Third Battle of San Juan, 1898First Battle of Manzanillo, 1898Battle of San Juan Hill, 1898Battle of El Caney, 1898Second Battle of Manzanillo, 1898Third Battle of Manzanillo, 1898Battle of Nipe Bay, 1898Battle of Fajardo, 1898Battle of Manila, 189818981898Battle of San Juan Hill, 1898
17 placed engagements of the Spanish–American War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1 July 1898
PlaceSan Juan Hill, Cuba
20.021N, 75.796W
KindBattle, nineteenth century
Strength8,412; 4 gatling guns521
Casualties and losses144 killed; 1,024 wounded; 72 missing58 killed; 366 wounded; 41 captured
Commanders
  • Arsenio Linares y Pombo
Battle of San Juan HillBattle of San Juan HillAttack on the Moncada BarracksSiege of SantiagoBattle of El CaneyBattle of Santiago de CubaBattle of Santiago de CubaBattle of El CaneyBattle of Santiago de CubaBattle of Santiago de CubaHolguínLas TunasBayamoManzanilloBanes100 km20.021N, 75.796W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 4 times between 1898 and 1953.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1898

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: US V CORPSDefender: SP ARMY
Strength15,0651,592
Casualties1,572 (10.4%)850 (53.4%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1064
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day
Front width3.2 km1.6 km
Attacker advanced1.6 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 241), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of San Juan Hill is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 61 in present-day Cuba.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1215310, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of San Juan Hill, revision 1383424162, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.