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The Balangiga massacre was an incident in which the residents of the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar conducted a surprise attack on an occupying unit of the US 9th Infantry, killing 54. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The incident is also known as the Balangiga encounter , Balangiga incident , [ 10 ] or Balangiga conflict . [ 3 ]
The Pacification of Samar was a counterinsurgency operation initiated by General Adna Chaffee following the Balangiga massacre.General hostilities in the Philippine-American War had largely ceased following the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo, president of the insurgent Philippine Republic, and his publication of a manifesto on April 10, 1901 acknowledging and accepting U.S. sovereignty throughout ...
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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.
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.
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]
The march across Samar, or Waller's March across the island of Samar, was a failed attempt made in 1901 by a U.S. Marine unit commanded by Major Littleton W. T. Waller to traverse the Philippine island of Samar from Lanang (now Llorente, Eastern Samar) to Basey, Samar, a distance of some 35 miles (56 km).
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