Sierra Manifesto promises free elections

Police located and killed four Revolutionary Directorate survivors in a Havana apartment, deepening anger against Batista’s security forces.

Information provided to Batista’s police led them to four student revolutionaries hiding in Havana.

The Rebel Army attacked a fortified coastal garrison. The costly victory demonstrated its growing military capacity.

Medical work after the battle helped establish the Rebel Army’s claim to different rules of conduct from Batista’s forces.

The manifesto called for Batista’s removal, a provisional government, civil liberties and elections, seeking a broad opposition alliance.

Santiago police killed the leading organizer of the urban underground. His death provoked mass mourning and protest.

Large crowds joined the funeral procession despite repression, turning mourning into a public demonstration against the dictatorship.

Workers and communities in eastern Cuba stopped work, revealing the breadth of anti-Batista resistance beyond the mountains.

Rebel forces defeated an army detachment during the expansion of guerrilla operations in the Sierra Maestra.

Naval personnel and civilian revolutionaries seized key positions in Cienfuegos before government forces crushed the revolt.