Circular Campaign
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The Circular Campaign was a series of battles of the Cuban War of Independence which occurred from June 5 - October 10, 1895 in the Camagüey Province in Cuba.
The Campaign[edit]
While Maceo was fighting in the East, Máximo Gómez had continued towards Camagüey. Captain General Arsenio Martínez Campos was ready, by all means, to prevent access to the Mambí chief, who, for his part, was determined to advance. Taking advantage of the fact that the Cabaniguán Pass had been left defenseless, the General-in-Chief entered on June 5 or 6, crossing the Jobabo River with the clear intention of taking up the province in arms.
Once in the Agramontna Region, he began the Circular Campaign, a dizzying succession of combative actions around Port-au-Prince, which put the territory on the warpath and lasted until October 10 of that year. In a first stage, their actions aimed to attract Camagüey youth and extend the war to the Trocha de Júcaro to Morón. In the second, consolidate the war in Camagüey, preserve the initiative and collect horses and supplies, as well as organize the troops that would remain in the province, while selecting, equipping and training those that would make up the invading contingent.
The smoke and the flames were the mark of Gómez, who did not engage in any major action and, nevertheless, brought Hispanics in check. In this campaign, the actions of Alta Gracia, La Ceja, El Mulato, La Larga, San Jerónimo, Cascorro , San Miguel de Nuevitas, Guáimaro, Jobabo and Jimaguayú stood out. The campaign, led by Generalissimo Máximo Gómez , lasted four months and was victorious for the Cubans.
Aftermath[edit]
The victory of this important military campaign had as a consequence, together with the First Eastern Campaign of Antonio Maceo Grajales,[1] the rapid consolidation of the Cuban forces in the war that was beginning, as well as the achievement of important military victories, the incorporation of a large number of combatants to the mambisas ranks and obtaining new weapons and ammunition.[2]
After the successful conclusion of both military campaigns, the Assembly of Jimaguayú took place in September 1895 , in which the Government of the Republic of Cuba in Arms was again constituted (which had been dissolved at the end of the Ten Years' War, in 1878), with which the Revolution was endowed with a political and judicial apparatus.
References[edit]
- ↑ Blanco y negro: revista ilustrada (in español). 1895. p. 676. Retrieved August 24, 2019. Search this book on
- ↑ Hugh Thomas, Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom (1971) pp 244-263.
Bibliography[edit]
- Colectivo de Autores. Historia de Cuba, Génesis Multimedia 2002. Producido por Génesis Multimedia, Editorial de la Agencia Informativa Latinoamericana Prensa Latina S.A. ISBN 959-7124-38-6 Search this book on .
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