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January 7.

Antonio maceo grajales biography

Spanish General Valmaseda outmaneuvers Marmól and surprises Cuban forces at El Saladillo. More than 2,000 Cubans die in this encounter, most of them are recently freed slaves.

January 16.

Maceo is promoted to commander. He begins to operate with independent forces, still under the jurisdiction of General Marmól.

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With this new freedom to “formulate his own tactics,” achieves victories in Mayari and Guantánamo.

January 26. Maceo is promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Liberating Army.

Historian Philip Foner, from his book Antonio Maceo:
“On many occasions, Spanish officers were completely fooled by Maceo’s whirlwind attacks against their superior forces. When the initial attack was repulsed and the seemingly desperate retreat was followed up by the Spaniards, they found themselves suddenly trapped in a well-