60th Anniversary of the Battle of El Jigüe: ACICAT FOR FINAL VICTORY

"Posthumously, he becomes Commander of the Rebel Army, for his exemplary military conduct and heroic courage, to Captain Andrés Cuevas, who died today, while he was advancing on the enemy Subsequently his name will be mentioned with the rank of Commander.
"Marquee the site of his burial to build an obelisk that will last with the indelible memory of all his ideal companions. "

In this way, the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, Fidel Castro Ruz, issued the dated military order in the Sierra Maestra, July 19-58, 17.30., Directed with the majestic monument where this Saturday The Comandante Andrés Cuevas and Fidel received the honors of the inhabitants of El Jigüe, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the rebel victory in this complex place, which marked the final march of the guerrillas towards the triumph of the Revolution, since the counter-offensive that did not cease until 1 January 1959.
136 km from the city of Santiago de Cuba, just On the banks of the La Plata River and after 10 days of fighting, it ended on July 21 th In 1958 the battle of El Jigüe, thus destroying the strategy of tyranny with the FF plan (Final Phase or End of Fidel) to destroy the Consolidated Rebel Army and reverse what has been accomplished; the victory of the bearded ones marks the irresistible step of the strategic counter-offensive and the demoralization of the troops in the service of the neocolonial government
Yesterday morning, the inhabitants of this mountain community, belonging to the People's Council of La Plata of the municipality of Guamá, recalled the courageous action led by Fidel and at the foot of the monument erected on the site indicated by him he 60 years ago, the fighter Santos Guerra has laid a wreath.
participated in the simple ceremony, José Gabriel López Gutiérrez, head of the ideological department of the Provincial Party Committee in the province of Santiago de Cuba, Yoelvis Suárez Zapata, first secretary in the municipality of Guamá, in addition to Eldis Hermida Benítez, president of the Municipal Assembly of People's Power in this demarcation.