Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Bishii Luulyo 1, ciidamo isku dhafan oo ka kooban 15,000 oo ciidamo Mareykan ah oo ka tirsan ciidamada caadiga ah ee lugta iyo fardooleyda, oo ay ku jiraan afarta ciidan ee "Colored" Buffalo askari, iyo guutooyin mutadawiciin ah, oo ay ku jiraan Roosevelt iyo "Rough Riders", 71aad New York, 2aad Massachusetts Infantry, iyo 1aad North Carolina, iyo ciidamada Cuban ee mucaaradka ah ayaa weeraray 1,270 Isbaanish ah oo ku sugan weerar halis ah oo dagaal sokeeye ah.
Dagaalkii El Caney iyo Dagaalkii San Juan Hill ee Santiago. In ka badan 200 oo askari oo Maraykan ah ayaa ku dhintay, ku dhawaad 1,200 kalena waa ay ku dhaawacmeen dagaalka, taas oo ay ugu wacan tahay heerka sare ee rasaasta ee Isbaanishku ay ku riday Maraykanka. Taageerada dabka ee qoryaha Gatling waxay muhiim u ahayd guusha weerarka. Cervera wuxuu go'aansaday inuu ka baxsado Santiago laba maalmood kadib. Taliyaha koowaad John J. Pershing, oo loogu magac daray "Black Jack", wuxuu kormeeray qeybta 10-aad ee fardooleyda intii lagu jiray dagaalka. Pershing iyo kooxdiisu waxay ku dagaalameen dagaalkii San Juan Hill. Pershing waxaa lagu sharfay geesinimadiisa intii uu dagaalka socday.