American troops–including Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders–captured San Juan Hill and El Caney in Cuba on this day.
- July 1, 1899
- July 1, 1898
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American troops–including Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders–captured San Juan Hill and El Caney in Cuba on this day.
American troops–including Teddy Roosevelt and the Rough Riders–captured San Juan Hill and El Caney in Cuba on July 1, 1898. Spanish Admiral Pascual Cervera?s fleet was destroyed off Santiago Bay a few days later with U.S. forces landing in Puerto Rico later that month. By mid-August a truce was agreed to with a formal peace treaty being signed in Paris that December.