- Antero Rubín
Antero Rubín Homent (
February 15 1851 - 1923) was a Spanishgeneral andpolitician noted for his long service inCuba . He fought in theSpanish American War , served in theCortes Generales , and spent his last lap of life asSenator for the province of Zamora.Rubín's father, a career officer who served served with distinction under
General Prim in the 1860 war against Morocco, steered Rubín toward a military career. Rubín enrolled in theSpanish Army May 11 ,1868 , and in 1869, at the age of 16, volunteered for service inCuba . Rubín returned home shortly afterwards with his statutory promotion tolieutenant and began his studies atVigo andSantiago de Compostella .In 1869 Rubín, a
captain , embarked once more for Cuba. He prosecuted several campaigns against the Cubaninsurgency , marked by successes at Estella and Somorrostro.On
February 4 ,1898 Rubín was promoted toBrigadier General of the "Regimento de María Cristina". He conducted himself well at theBattle of Las Guasimas , where his small force fought a very successful rearguard operation [Nofi, p. 128.] , bloodyingJoseph Wheeler 's V Corps before retiring in good order toSantiago de Cuba . This city was put under siege after a bloody struggle atSan Juan Hill and on July 18 GeneralJose Toral reached an agreement with the Americans and capitulated.Rubín was one of the few Spanish commanders not discredited by the war. He reached the rank of
Lieutenant General in 1908 and becameCaptain General of Galicia in 1917.References
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