The Little War or Small War (Spanish: Guerra Chiquita), (1879–1880) is the second of three conflicts in the Cuban War of Independence.
It followsthe Ten Years' War of 1868–1878 and precedes the War of '95, itself sometimes called the Cuban War of Independence, which bleeds into the Spanish-American War, ultimately resulting in Cuban independence.It startson August 26, 1879, and after some minor successes, the war ends in rebel defeat by September 1880.