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In the early stages of the war, the Philippine Revolutionary Army employed the conventional military tactics typical of an organized armed resistance. The hope was to inflict enough American casualties to result in McKinley's defeat by William Jennings Bryan in the 1900 presidential election.
Battle of Zapote Bridge (June 13, 1899) – In one of the hardest-fought engagements of the war, Lawton's forces routed a large Filipino force under General Pío del Pilar, and inflicted heavy casualties in the second largest battle of the Philippine–American War.
It involved all or part of 13 American regiments and thousands of Filipinos. [2] American casualties totaled 238, of whom 44 were killed in action or died from wounds. [2] The U.S. Army's official report listed Filipino casualties as 4,000, of whom 700 were killed, but this is guesswork. [37] The Filipinos were shocked when the Americans attacked.
Pages in category "American military personnel killed in the Philippine–American War" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
At the start of the Philippine–American War, the brigade had approximately 1,904 soldiers. On November 7, 1899, the brigade clashed with American forces in San Jacinto, Pangasinan, resulting in casualties on both sides.
Overall, the results of the Santa Cruz expedition amounted to the capture of six launches and the deaths of some 125 Filipino soldiers. [7] Linn 2000, p. 103 After the expedition, Aguinaldo ordered forces at Cavite, Batangas, and Laguna to concentrate at Muntinlupa, tying up manpower south of Manila which might otherwise have gone north. [7]
In February last year, Marcos approved a wider U.S. military presence in the Philippines by allowing rotating groups of American military forces to stay in four more Philippine military camps.
The Second Battle of Caloocan (Filipino: Ikalawang Labanan sa Caloocan, Spanish: Segunda Batalla de Caloocan), alternately called the Second Battle of Manila, was fought from February 22 to 24, 1899, in Caloocan during the Philippine–American War. The battle featured a Filipino counterattack aimed at gaining Manila from the Americans. This ...