August 12, 1898 · Cuba Theater
August 12, 1898
The naval engagement at Manzanillo on Cuba's southern coast was one of several small actions fought as American naval forces systematically destroyed Spanish gunboats and coastal defenses around Cuba. American warships and converted yachts attacked the harbor at Manzanillo, engaging Spanish gunboats and shore batteries. The action took place on the same day the armistice protocol was signed in Washington, making it among the final combat actions of the war — though word of the ceasefire had not yet reached the combatants. Several Spanish gunboats were sunk or damaged.
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