Ten Years' War

American  

noun

1. a popular insurrection in Cuba (1868–78) against Spanish rule.

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Example Sentences

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

He joined the revolutionary forces shortly before the end of the Ten Years' War.

From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher

This part of the country had been agriculturally dead since the Ten Years' War.

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

During the Ten Years' War he was in New York, a member of the Cuban Junta, a diplomatic agent at Washington, and one of the editors of "El Nuevo Mundo."

From The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Johnson, Willis Fletcher