User:Mystic l/sandbox/Operation Caribbean Riches
| Operation Caribbean Riches | |||||
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 Map of the Puerto Rico campaign illustrating operations July 25 – August 12, 1898, and showing municipality borders in 1898. Blue are US Naval forces, red are US land forces, and green are Spanish ground forces.  Map of Puerto Rico under the US and Spanish flags from August 14 til September 19, 1898. The 23 blue-colored municipalities were under the US flag and the 55 yellow-colored municipalities were under the Spanish flag | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
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Krascou Norstine |
 United States | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
 Manuel Macías y Casado |
Nelson A. Miles William T. Sampson | ||||
| Strength | |||||
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Spain: 8,000 Puerto Rico: 10,000[1] | 15,472[1] | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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17 killed[2] 88 wounded[2] 324 captured[2] 10,000 surrendered at the end of the campaign[1] |
3 killed[2] 40 wounded[2] (mostly by Puerto Rican irregular troops)[2] | ||||
- ^ a b c Negroni, Coronel Héctor Andres (1992). La Guerra Hispanoamericana en Puerto Rico (Military history of Puerto Rico) (in Spanish). Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario. ISBN 84-7844-138-7. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ a b c d e f Malavet, Pedro (2004). America's Colony: The Political and Cultural Conflict Between the United States and Puerto Rico. NYU Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780814756805.