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
From childhood a fervent patriot, at the outbreak of the Ten Years' War he took the field under Donato Marmol.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
He was a true-hearted gentleman and a brave soldier, being a veteran of the Ten Years' War and the later conflict.
From Pioneering in Cuba A Narrative of the Settlement of La Gloria, the First American Colony in Cuba, and the Early Experiences of the Pioneers by Adams, James Meade
Returning to Cuba, he personally started the Ten Years' War, with the story of which as elsewhere related he was inseparably identified as President of the Cuban Republic.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher
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