Friday, 30 August 2019 19:07
Taking of Las Tunas: A Mambí Epic
Because of its magnificent strategic position, this city was always a place to which Spain gave particular attention during the independence wars of the 19th century. For this reason, its military engineers protected it with barbed wire, forts, moats, infantry barracks, cavalry and artillery, and hundreds of soldiers armed to the teeth. They said, "We are impregnable."
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