The Battle of Coliseo was a group of military actions carried out in the surroundings of the town of the same name, Matanzas Province, Cuba on December 23, 1895 during the Cuban War of Independence.

Immediately after the government was formed, the Invasion to the West of the island began to be quickly prepared, which left Mangos de Baraguá on October 22.

[1] For his part, Gómez was able to remove the impedimenta, taking it along the royal road, in a movement that the adversary appreciated as a flanking maneuver, for which he opened artillery fire, withdrew and abandoned their positions.

[1] This action showed that the Spaniards, led personally by Arsenio Martínez Campos, could not contain the Cuban invasion march, which had a great political repercussion.

[2] With the Cuban victory in this battle, the invading contingent managed to pass to the province of Havana without too much difficulty, where it continued its operations, in the face of the Spanish colonial power.