Battles of the Philippine-American War

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This is a list of battles of the Philippine-American War.

v • d • e Philippine-American War Manila – Santa Cruz – Pagsanjan – Paete – Quingua Zapote Bridge – San Jacinto – Tirad Pass – Paye – Catubig Pulang Lupa – Balangiga – Mabitac – Lonoy – Moro Rebellion

v • d • e Moro Rebellion Hassan Uprising – Taraca – Dolores River – Siranaya Malalag River – 1st Bud Dajo – 2nd Bud Dajo – Bud Bagsak Makahambus Hill – Cagayan de Misamis

• Battle of Manila (February 4 – February 5, 1899) - American and Filipino forces clash for the first time, as the Americans drive the Filipino army out of the Manila area.

• Battle of Santa Cruz (April 9 – 10 April 1899) - U.S. General Henry W. Lawton captures Filipino stronghold of Santa Cruz and pushes into Laguna province on Luzon.

• Battle of Pagsanjan (April 11, 1899) - American sharpshooters skirmish with Filipinos outside of Pagsanjan, succeeding in driving them out. General Lawton's troops take Pagsanjan in the second action of the Laguna Campaign.

• Battle of Paete (April 12, 1899) - General Lawton's forces disperse Filipinos blocking route to Paete in a stiff fight. Paete taken by the Americans. Last action of the Laguna Campaign.

• Battle of Quingua (April 23, 1899) - Filipino General Gregorio del Pilar stops American cavalry scouts on Luzon, but is then routed after an artillery bombardment and infantry ground assault. U.S. Colonel John M. Stotsenburg killed in battle.

• Battle of Zapote Bridge (June 13, 1899) - In Luzon, Lawton's forces rout a large Filipino force under General Pio del Pilar, and inflict heavy casualties in the second largest battle of the Philippine-American War.

• Battle of San Jacinto (November 11, 1899) - U.S. General Loyd Wheaton drives Filipinos out of San Jacinto, Luzon.

• Battle of Tirad Pass (December 2, 1899) - In Luzon, 60 Filipinos under General Gregorio del Pilar hold off 500 American infantrymen for five hours in a delaying action to ensure General Emilio Aguinaldo's escape. Nearly all are killed, including del Pilar.

• Battle of Paye (December 19, 1899) - In Luzon Filipino General Licerio Geronimo routs an American brigade under General Lawton, in which Lawton is killed.

• Siege of Catubig (April 15, 1900) - Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack against a detachment of American soldiers and after a four-day siege, forced them to evacuate the town of Catubig in Samar.

• Battle of Makahambus Hill (June 4, 1900) - On Makahambus Hill, in Cagayan de Misamis, Northern Mindanao (present day Cagayan de Oro), Filipinos rout an Americans regiment and inflict heavy casualties, but take less than five casualties of their own. It is the only known major victory by Filipino forces in Mindanao.

• Battle of Pulang Lupa (September 13, 1900) - On the island of Marinduque, Filipino forces under Colonel Maximo Abad ambush a force of 55 American infantrymen under Captain Devereux Shields.

• Battle of Mabitac (September 17, 1900) - Filipino forces outmaneuver and rout American forces in Luzon.

• Lonoy massacre (March, 1901) - In a reverse ambush, U.S. infantrymen launch a surprise attack on Bohol natives and kill over 400.

• Balangiga massacre (September 28, 1901) - Over 40 American troopers are killed in an ambush on Samar in the most infamous incident of the war.

• Battle of Dolores River (December 12, 1904) - In Samar, 37 Philippine Constabulary Scouts are ambushed by 1,000 Pulahans and nearly all are killed.

• Battle of Bud Dajo (March 5 – March 7, 1906) - One thousand Moros (mostly women and children) fortify themselves in an extinct volcanic crater on Mindanao and battle several hundred American soldiers, before virtually all are killed.

[edit] External links

• Named Campaigns - Philippine Insurrection