- Battles of the Philippine–American War
This is a list of
battle s of thePhilippine-American War .*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. GeneralHenry W. Lawton captures Filipino stronghold of Santa Cruz and pushes intoLaguna province onLuzon .*
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 GeneralGregorio del Pilar stops American cavalry scouts on Luzon, but is then routed after an artillery bombardment and infantry ground assault. U.S. ColonelJohn M. Stotsenburg killed in battle.*
Battle of Zapote Bridge (June 13 ,1899 ) - In Luzon, Lawton's forces rout a large Filipino force under GeneralPio 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. GeneralLoyd 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 GeneralEmilio Aguinaldo 's escape. Nearly all are killed, including del Pilar.*
Battle of Paye (December 19 ,1899 ) - In Luzon Filipino GeneralLicerio 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 dayCagayan 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 inMindanao .*
Battle of Pulang Lupa (September 13 ,1900 ) - On the island ofMarinduque , 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 onBohol natives and kill over 400.*
Balangiga massacre (September 28 ,1901 ) - Over 40 American troopers are killed in an ambush onSamar in the most infamous incident of the war.*
Battle of Dolores River (December 12 ,1904 ) - In Samar, 37 Philippine Constabulary Scouts are ambushed by 1,000Pulahans 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 onMindanao and battle several hundred American soldiers, before virtually all are killed.External links
* [http://www.history.army.mil/reference/picmp.htm Named Campaigns - Philippine Insurrection]
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