- The
mambises were the
guerrilla independence soldiers who
fought for Cuba's
independence from
Spain in the Ten Years' War and
Cuban War of Independence...
- anti-materiel
rifle designed and
manufactured in Cuba. It was
named after the
Mambises, who were
rebel soldiers that
fought against the
Kingdom of
Spain during...
-
families of
Mambises,
killing them
immediately or
sending them en m****e to
concentration camps on the island.[citation needed] The
Mambises fought using...
- The
revolutionaries were far outnumbered. The
rebels were
often called mambises. The
origin of this term is disputed. Some
suggest it may have originated...
-
manigua (the
woods and most
thick countryside) in
order to
support the
Mambises, as
Cuban rebels were
known in the 19th century. The
Maceos enlisted as...
- Contramaestre. The
column was
armed with
swords and
bayonets while the
mambises carried mostly machetes, pitchforks, and
other farming tools. Due to the...
-
conventional approach,
favored by
Thomas Jordan and others. He gave the
Cuban mambises their most
feared tactic, the "machete charge." On
October 25, 1868, during...
-
leaders Antonio Maceo Juan Rius
Rivera Vidal Duc****e
Colonel Granados Strength 1,000
Mambises 2,000
Infantry Casualties and
losses Unknown Around 500...
- part of the
Cuban War of
Independence as it was the next
operation of the
Mambises by Máximo Gómez to
distract Spanish troops to him and
avoiding their pressure...
-
unknown in
western Cuba
until 1895, when it was
bought from
Oriente by the
mambises. Similarly,
Fernando Ortiz stated that the wars
between Spain and Cuba...
