Flor Crombet

Francisco Adolfo "Flor" Crombet Tejera was a Cuban patriot and participated in the three independence conflicts. He was appointed head, in commission, of the division of Cuba and Bayamo and was Major General. He landed with Antonio Maceo Grajales for "Duaba". He participated in the Ten Years' War and protested with Maceo in Mangos de Baraguá in defense of the total and definitive independence of Cuba.

Biography Early years He was born in El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, Oriente Province, on September 17, 1851 . He was a student of the terrain and of the ordinances and laws of the Cuban Revolutionary Army, for which he distinguished himself as a disciplined and zealous officer of duties.

Ten Years' and Little Wars Crombet participated in all 3 campaigns of Cuban independence. It won 20 November 1868 incorporated as a soldier forces Colonel Angel Bárzaga . Ten days later he was subordinated to then-Colonel Jesús Pérez . He earned his ranks on the battlefield .

His fame spread throughout eastern Cuba, especially in Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo, and he participated in the preparations for the so-called Little War.

In Honduras he held the positions of commander general of the department of La Paz, inspector general of barracks and secretary of the supreme court of war and justice, successively, which he resigned in 1884 to dedicate himself to the preparations for a new war of independence in Cuba . In 1890 he had an active participation in the frustrated conspiracy known as "La Paz del Manganeso". Discovered, he was forced to leave for Costa Rica, from where he collaborated in the organization of the "Fernandina Plan".

In the United States, he met José Martí, who appointed him to lead the expedition that would arrive on Cuban shores on April 1, 1895, to restart the Cuban War of Independence.

Cuban War of Independence He failed, he left Puerto Limon, Costa Rica on 25 March 1895 in the steamer "Adirondack" to the front of 22 expedition members, among whom were brothers Antonio and José Maceo. After stopping off at Kingston, Jamaica, they headed to Fortuna Island, in The Bahamas, where they boarded the schooner Honor.

They landed on April 1, 1895, at Duaba, near Baracoa, Oriente, being tenaciously pursued by the enemy. On the 8th, an encounter with an ambush mounted by the guerrillas caused the group to disperse.

Death From October to April 1895, Crombet fell while fighting in Alto de Palmarito, Baracoa, where the event is remembered and that repeated phrase martiana: "... Flor has a noble heart, sound judgment and think as I think about future destinations of Cuba ".

On June 30, 1899, the executive committee of the Assembly of Representatives of the Cuban revolution, issued diploma Major General on April 1, 1895.