Lanzadera Campaign

Lanzadera Campaign
Part of Cuban War of Independence and Invasion from East to West in Cuba
Gómez and his men marching towards Bejucal
Date January 7, 1896 – February 19, 1896 Location La Habana Province, Cuba Result Cuban victory
Belligerents
Cuban rebels	Spain
Commanders and leaders
Antonio Maceo	Arsenio Martínez Campos Sabás Marín Valeriano Weyler
Strength
2,000 Infantry	40,000 Infantry

The Lanzadera Campaign was a significant part of the

The Campaign began on January 7, 1896 when the two generals parted ways to focus on their own campaigns and would conclude on February 19 when they would reunite at Soto which was 6 kilometers away from Jaruco. Gómez had to deal with the narrow territory of the Province in the middle of "a terrible maze of stone fences" and to distract the Spanish garrison nearby. Maceo received notice of Gómez's plans and wrote the following:

The general (Maceo) begins his invasion march to the province of Pinar del Río, and I counter-march to support him and sustain me in Havana.^[2]

Gómez achieved his goal of distracting the Spanish army by using

The cooperation of the Campaign to support Maceo's campaign during the Battle of Las Taironas. It also had positive effects on the military order for Havana, by increasing morale of the Mambises in the region and facilitating the structuring of the Second Division.

During the campaign, Gómez captured hundreds of weapons and horses and thousands of cartridges. He suffered dead and wounded, including himself among the latter; But the invasion had reached Mantua, Maceo had returned to Havana, and the war had reached a nation-wide scale.

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