el lcah'na e, a battle of the Spanish-American War, fought July 1, 1898, between 4500 Americans, under General Lawton, and about 500 Spaniards, well-entrenched, under General Vara de Rey. The battle was one of the few important land contests of the war, was fought desperately and caused a loss of more than 400 men on each side. The Americans won the day.