<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuramba muSantiago kwakasimbiswa pedyo neFort Canosa, apo hondo huru pakati pevaSpanish nevaAmerica dzakaitika paLas Guasimas musi wa24 June, uye paEl Caney na  <response>: San Juan Hill musi wa 1 Chikunguru, pashure pacho kufambira mberi kweAmerica kwakamira. Kurasikirwa kweAmerica paLas Guasimas kwakanga kuri 16 vakaurawa uye 52 vakakuvadzwa; vaSpanish vakarasikirwa 12 vakafa uye 24 vakakuvadzwa. VaAmerica vakarasikirwa ne81 vakaurawa muhondo uye 360 vakakuvadzwa muhondo mukutora El Caney, uko vadziviriri veSpanish vakarasikirwa ne38 vakaurawa, 138 vakakuvadzwa uye 160 vakabatwa. PaSan Juan, vaAmerica vakarasikirwa nevanhu 144 vakafa, 1024 vakakuvadzwa, uye 72 vakashaika; kurasikirwa kwevaSpain kwakanga kuri 58 vakafa, 170 vakakuvadzwa, uye 39 vakatorwa. Mauto eSpanish akabudirira kudzivirira Fort Canosa, achivabvumira kudzikamisa mutsetse wavo ndokutadzisa kupinda muSantiago. MaAmerican nemaCuba vakatanga kukomba guta, iro rakazvipira musi wa 16 Chikunguru mushure mekukundwa kweSpanish Caribbean Squadron. Nokudaro, Oriente yakava pasi pokudzora kwavaAmerica navaCuba, asi Mukuru Mukuru weU.S. Nelson A. Miles haana kubvumira mauto eCuba kupinda muSantiago, achitaura kuti aida kudzivisa kurwisana pakati pavaCuba navaSpain. Nokudaro, mukuru mukuru weCuba Calixto García, mukuru wemauto eMambi mudhipatimendi reEastern, akarayira mauto ake kuti arambe ari munzvimbo dzawo uye akasiya basa, achinyora tsamba yekupikisa kuna General Shafter. 