The Battle of Dos RÃÂos was fought in Cuba during its war of independence from Spain.
José Martàdied fighting in the battle of Dos RÃÂos (near Palma Soriano). He was leading a group of rebels against the Spanish royalist army in the first skirmish in Cuba's struggle for independence from Spain (see History of Cuba). An attempt to recover MartÃÂ's body was made by the rebels but the Spanish forces were too strong. Spanish forces buried José MartÃÂ; the body was subsequently exhumed and reburied with an elaborate funeral in Santiago de Cuba in 1951.