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The Battle of San Mateo and Montalban was fought between the remaining Katipuneros under the command of Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto and the Spanish government after a failed attempt to capture the El Deposito water works at San Juan del Monte.
Licerio Gerónimo e Imaya (August 27, 1855 – January 16, 1924) was a general of the Philippine Revolutionary Forces under Emilio Aguinaldo.He is remembered in Philippine–American War annals as the opposing general to Major General Henry Ware Lawton at the Battle of San Mateo on December 19, 1899, where Lawton lost his life along with 13 other Americans.
The Battle of San Mateo was a battle during the Philippine–American War between the United States and the Philippines.It was fought on December 19, 1899, near San Mateo in what was then Manila province (now a part of Rizal) between the forces of General Henry Ware Lawton, and General Licerio Gerónimo's Morong Command and a detachment of Tiradores de la Muerte. [2]
Battle of San Mateo and Montalban; Battle of San Rafael; Battle of Sapong Hills; T. Battle of Talisay; Battle of Tayabas; Battle of Tres de Abril; Z. Siege of Zamboanga;
19 December – Battle of San Mateo (1899): For unknown reasons, General Lawton assumed personal command of the expedition, and was struck in the chest and killed when the unit he was with came under fire. The town of Montalban was occupied in the action before Lawton's death, and the town of San Mateo was occupied afterwards.
However, the revolutionaries were successful in this battle, and hence the long retreat finally ended. They then proceeded on a long march towards their hill bases in Bulacan, namely Norzagaray, Angat and then finally the cave at Biak-na-Bato in San Miguel in the province of Bulacan by June 24, where the place was deemed far away from the front ...
Battle of San Mateo may refer to: Battle of San Mateo (1814), a battle during the Venezuelan War of Independence; Battle of San Mateo and Montalban, a battle on 1896 during the Philippine Revolution; Battle of San Mateo (1899), a battle during the Philippine-American War; Battle of San Matteo, a World War I battle
The defending Spaniards, outnumbered, fought a delaying battle until reinforcements arrived. Once reinforced, the Spaniards drove Bonifacio's forces back with heavy casualties. Bonifacio and his troops regrouped near Mariquina (now Marikina), San Mateo and Montalban (now Rodriguez). [76]