 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1862 akava mukuru mukuru wehondo, uye muna November wegore iroro akaitwa gavhuna wehondo nomutungamiriri mukuru wedunhu reSantiago de Cuba. Kumukira kutonga kweSpainHondo yeSanto Domingo, iyo yakanga yabatanidzwa muna 1861, yakatanga mudhipatimendi reCibao muna February 1863; mauto akakurumidza kudzingwa mumataundi emumhenderekedzo yegungwa, uye maguta emukati akatorwa kwavari. Gandara, asina kumirira mirairo inobva kuhurumende yomunzvimbomo, akatumira zvitsigiso kushamwari dzake nechikepe chehondo Isabel II, panguva iyoyo chaiva muchiteshi chengarava. Pashure pacho akagamuchira mirairo yokufamba namasimba ose aiva pasi pake kuti abetsere mutungamiriri mukuru. Akaburuka muPuerto Plata, 17 Gunyana 1863, achidzinga mauto evapanduki, uye akazotora maguta eSanto Domingo neSan Cristóbal, yekupedzisira mushure mekurwisana kweropa nemuvengi, muna 1864 akasimudzirwa kuita lieutenant-general uye akagadzwa kaputeni-general uye mukuru-mukuru wechitsuwa, uye mugore iro akakunda muhondo yeMonte Cristi. Hurumende yechinguvana zvino yakatanga kurukurirano dzorugare, idzo, zvisinei, dzakatungamirira kumubvunzo usina kunaka. Munguvayi, hurumende yomunzvimbomo yakasarudza kurega kurwisana, uye muna May 1865, Gandara, namauto ake, vakabvisa chitsuwa chacho. 