Battles of the Philippine-American War
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This is a list of battles of the Philippine-American War.
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| Manila - Santa Cruz – Pagsanjan – Paete – Quingua - Zapote Bridge - San Fabian – San Jacinto – Tirad Pass - Paye - Siege of Catubig - Pulang Lupa - Balangiga - Mabitac - Moro - Lonoy massacre - Wood's March - Hassan - 2nd Taraca - Dolores - Siranaya - Malalag River - 1st Bud Dajo - 2nd Bud Dajo - Bud Bagsak |
- Battle of Manila (February 4 February 5, 1899)-American and Filipinos forces clash for the first time, as Americans drive the Filipino army out of the Manila area.
- Battle of Santa Cruz (1899) (April 9-10 April) - 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 stiff fight. Paete taken by the Americans. Last action of the Laguna Campaign.
- Battle of Quingua (April 23, 1899) - Philippine General Gregorio del Pilar stops American cavalry scouts on Luzon, but is then routed after an artillery bombardment and infantry ground assault.
- Battle of Zapote Bridge (June 13, 1899) - On Luzon, Lawton's American forces rout a large Philippine force under General Pio del Pilar, and inflict heavy casualties on the enemy in 2nd 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) - On Luzon, 60 Filipino patriots under General del Pilar fight off an attack of 500 U.S. Infantry for 5 hours, before nearly all Filipinos are killed, including del Pilar.
- Battle of Paye, (December 19, 1899) - On Luzon Filipine General Licerio Geronimo routs an American brigade under General Lawton, in which Lawton is killed.
- Siege of Catubig (April 15, 1900) - Filipino guerillas launch a surprise attack against a detachment of American soldiers, and, after a four-day siege, force them to evacuate the town of Catubig on Samar.
- Battle of Macahambus (June 4, 1900) - On Macahambus Gorge and Cave, in Cagayan de Misamis, Northern Mindanao (present day Cagayan de Oro), Filipinos rout an Americans regiment and inflict heavy casualties, but take less than 5. It is the only known major victory of Filipino soldiers in Mindanao soil.
- Battle of Pulang Lupa (September 13, 1900) -Filipino resistance fighters under Colonel Maximo Abad ambush 55 Americans and kill, wound, or capture all of them.
- Battle of Mabitac (September 17, 1900) - Filipino forces outmaneuver and rout American forces on 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 50 Americans are killed in an ambush on Samar in the most infamous incident of the war.
- Battle of Dolores (December 12, 1904) - On Samar, 37 Philippine Constabulary Scouts ambushed by 1000 pulajans and nearly all 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 a few hundred American soldiers, before virtually all Moros are killed.
