Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Resistance a Santiago ya ƙarfafa a kusa da Fort Canosa, yayin da manyan yaƙe-yaƙe tsakanin Mutanen Espanya da Amurkawa suka faru a Las Guasimas a ranar 24 ga Yuni, kuma a
El Caney da San Juan Hill a ranar 1 ga watan Yuli, bayan da Amurka ta ci gaba da tsayawa. Asarar Amurka a Las Guasimas sun kasance 16 da aka kashe da 52 da suka ji rauni; Mutanen Espanya sun rasa 12 da suka mutu da 24 da suka ji rauni. Amirkawa sun rasa 81 da aka kashe a cikin aikin da kuma 360 da suka ji rauni a cikin aikin a cikin El Caney, inda masu kare Mutanen Espanya suka rasa 38 da aka kashe, 138 da suka ji rauni da 160 da aka kama. A San Juan, Amurkawa sun rasa mutane 144, 1,024 da suka ji rauni, kuma 72 sun rasa; Mutanen Espanya sun rasa mutane 58, 170 da suka ji rauni, kuma 39 aka kama. Sojojin Mutanen Espanya sun yi nasarar kare Fort Canosa, suna ba su damar daidaita layin su da kuma hana shiga Santiago. Amurkawa da 'yan Cuba sun fara kewaye da birnin, wanda ya mika wuya a ranar 16 ga Yuli bayan da aka ci nasara a kan Mutanen Espanya Caribbean Squadron. Don haka, Oriente ya faɗi ƙarƙashin ikon Amurkawa da Cubans, amma Janar na Amurka Nelson A. Miles ba zai ba da izinin sojojin Cuba su shiga Santiago ba, yana da'awar cewa yana son hana rikice-rikice tsakanin Cubans da Mutanen Espanya. Don haka, Janar na Cuba Calixto García, shugaban sojojin mambi a sashen Gabas, ya umarci sojojinsa su riƙe yankunansu kuma ya yi murabus, ya rubuta wasiƙar nuna rashin amincewa ga Janar Shafter.