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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 an 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 the Philippines.
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.
Batangas, in this context, refers to an area of southwestern Luzon then referred to by the U.S. Army as the Batangas Region and comprising the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, and portions of Tayabas; an area of about 4,200 square miles (11,000 km 2) with a resident population of about 560,000.
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).
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.
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 ...
The three Balangiga bells on display at the San Lorenzo de Martir Parish Church. The Balangiga bells (Spanish: Campanas de Balangiga; Tagalog: Mga Batingaw ng Balangiga; Waray: Lingganay han Balangiga) are three church bells that were taken by the United States Army from the Church of San Lorenzo de Martir [1] in Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Philippines, as war trophies after reprisals following ...