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Cuban Battlefields of the Spanish-Cuban-American War

1895 dated 1.65 inch Hotchkiss at Spanish, Cuban, American War Museum

1895 dated 1.65 inch Hotchkiss at Spanish, Cuban, American War Museum

Date: March 9-15, 2005

Description: A Hotchkiss 1.65 inch Mountain Gun at the Spanish-Cuban-American War museum near Siboney. This type of cannon saw extensive use by the U.S. during the Spanish campaigns and in the Philippines during the Philippine War that began in 1899 and was declared over in 1902