Ten Years' War
Americannoun
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The cerebral cortex, impenetrable and wild, was a “terrifying jungle,” as intimidating as the one in Cuba, where he had fought in the Ten Years’ War.
From Scientific American • Apr. 9, 2022
China’s Taiping Rebellion and Cuba’s Ten Years’ War were so deadly they caused population declines.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2018
Garcia, who was also a veteran of the Ten Years' War had several more or less important engagements with the Spanish, in almost all of which he was victorious.
From Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future by Hall, Arthur D.
In 1878, as the result of the Ten Years’ War, various administrative reforms, of a decentralizing tendency, were introduced.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
General Calixto Garcia, one of the most resolute and daring veterans of the Ten Years' War, sent one on the steamer Hawkins, which was lost at sea.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
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