General Thomas Jordan scores a significant victory…

General Thomas Jordan scores a significant victory over superior enemy forces at Guaimaro in January 1870, by which time he is extremely short of supplies.

However, Jordan's regular tactics, although initially effective, have left the families of Cuban rebels far too vulnerable to the "ethnic cleansing" tactics of the ruthless Blas Villate, Count of Valmaceda (also spelled Balmaceda).

Valeriano Weyler, who will attain notoriety as the "Butcher Weyler" in the 1895-1898 War, fights along the Count of Balmaceda.