Daiquirí (Spanish pronunciation: [dajkiˈɾi]) is a small village, 14 miles east of Santiago de Cuba.

Spanish General Arsenio Linares y Pombo ordered the area from Daiquirí to Siboney fortified in anticipation of U.S. disembarkments there.

Some 16,000 U.S. soldiers waded ashore in the surf as the diversion at Cabañas proved highly effective.

Other troops landed at Siboney, but Daiquirí continued as a storage area until U.S. forces took Santiago.

Among the engineers present were Jennings Cox, General Manager of the Spanish American Iron Co., J. Francis Linthicum, C. Manning Combs, George W. Pfeiffer, De Berneire Whitaker, C. Merritt Holmes, and Proctor O. Persing.