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
While the slave trade had been made illegal in 1820, it flourished with more or less vigor until the end of the Ten Years' War in the latter part of the century.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 2 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
He also was advanced in years, having been born in 1831, and he, too, had served through the Ten Years' War and had in consequence of his patriotism lost all his estates.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
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 Arthur D. Hall
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