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stead. He made such skillful disposition 

 of men and guns that competent witnesses 

 have said that the conduct of this battle 

 stands out in the entire record of the Re- 

 volution as the one combat in which the 

 Cuban forces were disposed and directed 

 in accordance with the principles of mili- 

 tary science. Not only did General Meno- 

 cal direct the operations in pursuance of a 

 well-considered plan but he is said to have 

 led his soldiers in the assault with intrepid 

 courage. Victoria de las Tunas was the 

 crowning achievement of his military 

 career and gave him the rank of General 

 in the Cuban Army, but when war was 

 declared by the United States on Spain, 

 Menocal was appointed Commander of the 

 5th Army Corps, comprising the Provinces 

 of Havana and Matanzas, where it was ex- 

 pected that American action would be more 

 concentrated. This appointment carried 

 his promotion to the rank of Major General. 

 On the return of peace General Ludlow 

 of the American Army of Intervention 

 made General Menocal Chief of Police of 

 Havana and in the same year he was ap- 



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