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The battle was a military operation planned by Captain Eugenio Daza (an area commander of Captain General Vicente Lukbán's forces in southeastern Samar) and transpired in Balangiga in 1901 during the Philippine–American War. [c] The attack was led by Valeriano Abanador, who was the Jefe de la Policía (Chief of Police). [14]
Name Date Location Deaths Notes Balangiga massacre: 28 September 1901: Balangiga, Eastern Samar: 48 [6] [7] (American soldiers): A mess area was attacked by hundreds of residents led by Valeriano Abanador during the Philippine-American War, marking the US Army's "worst defeat" since the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
In September 1901, enraged by the Balangiga massacre in Samar, Brigadier General Jacob H. Smith retaliated during the pacification of Samar by ordering an indiscriminate attack upon its inhabitants, openly disregarding General Order 100, [174] and issuing an order to "kill everyone over the age of ten" and turn the island into a "howling ...
The Pacification of Batangas was a counterinsurgency action initiated by Philippine Governor William H. Taft and General Adna Chaffee, commander of the United States forces in the Philippines, following the Balangiga massacre in September 1901. [1]
On September 28, 1901, Philippine forces organized into seven companies outside Balangiga. The first company was under the command of Daza and Pedro Abayan. [ 6 ] The battle was a Philippine victory and regarded as one of the largest American defeats in history.
Poverty incidence of Balangiga 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 36.90 2009 44.16 2012 40.55 2015 39.65 2018 50.07 2021 35.94 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Transportation Balangiga can be reached through public utility vans and buses from Tacloban City. Pedicabs (potpot), tricycles, and habal-habal by the means of inner town transportation. Education Balangiga has 9 public elementary schools ...
General Jacob Hurd Smith (January 29, 1840 – March 1, 1918) was a U.S. Army officer notorious for ordering indiscriminate retaliation on the island of Samar in response to what is called the Balangiga massacre during the Philippine–American War.
(Lonoy, Jagna, Bohol, Philippines March 5, 1901) República Filipina. Capt. Gregorio Casenas † [33] United States. Filipino defeat: Battle of Balangiga (Balangiga, Samar, Philippines March September 28, 1901) República Filipina. Valeriano Abanador [a] Eugenio Daza [a] United States. Thomas W. Connell † Filipino victory: Battle of Dolores River