Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Na July 1, a jikọtara ike nke banyere 15,000 American agha na mgbe nile infantry na cavalry regiments, gụnyere niile anọ nke ndị agha "Colored" Buffalo agha regiments, na ndị ọrụ afọ ofufo regiments, n'etiti ha Roosevelt na ya "Rough Riders", na 71st New York, na 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, na 1st North Carolina,
Agha nke El Caney na Agha nke San Juan Hill na mpụga Santiago. E gburu ihe karịrị ndị agha US 200 ma merụọ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ 1,200 ahụ n'ọgụ ahụ, n'ihi oke ọkụ ndị Spain gbara ndị America. Nkwado ọkụ site na egbe Gatling dị oke mkpa maka ihe ịga nke ọma nke mwakpo ahụ. Cervera kpebiri ịgbanahụ Santiago ụbọchị abụọ ka e mesịrị. Onyeisi ndị agha John J. Pershing, nke a na-akpọ "Black Jack", bụ onye na-elekọta ndị agha nke 10 n'oge agha ahụ. Pershing na ndị otu ya lụrụ ọgụ n'agha nke San Juan Hill. E kwuru na Pershing bụ dike n'agha ahụ.