However, the war continued, with the success of the uprisings in the provinces of Oriente and Las Villas, but it did not gain its true strength until the arrival of the Maceo Brothers, Martí and Gómez in April.

After many ups and downs, the Maceos, Martí and Gómez, along with other disembarked chiefs, managed to assume command of the Mambisa troops which were becoming more numerous every day with the incorporation of veterans and new recruits.

General Calixto immediately set about intensifying the war in his home province of Oriente which began the Second Eastern Campaign.

[3] After the entry of the United States into the war, in June 1898, General Calixto's efforts focused on aiding the American landing in eastern Cuba and in the battles of El Caney and San Juan Hill.

In full development of both military campaigns, the Assembly of La Yaya took place at the end of 1897, in which the Government of the Republic of Cuba in Arms was reconstituted, appointing Major General Bartolomé Masó as president, replacing Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, as had been agreed upon before the war began.