The war between the Filipinos and the Americans started when a group of Filipino soldiers were shot by a couple of American soldiers on the night of
February 4,1899 at the corner of Sociego and Silencio streets in Sta. Mesa,Manila. Private William Grayson and Private Robert Miller, thinking that the soldiers were provoking them, fired the first shot that brought the Filipinos and the Americans to war.
The Filipinos furiously fought the Americans in all battles that ensued between them. When the Filipinos realized that the Americans
were difficult to defeat because of their more advanced weapons and military strategies, the Filipinos resorted to guerilla tactics. Schemes like staging of ambushes and raids were the more convenient yet unconventional methods of combat for the Filipino soldiers. Several personalities like General Antonio Luna of Ilocos Norte, General Gregorio del Pilar of Bulacan,Geneal Miguel Malvar of Batangas, General Simeon Ola of Bicol,General Vicente Lukban of Camarines Norte, Dionisio Seguela or Papa Isio of Negros Occidental, and General Macario Sakay of Manila led our revolutionary forces in battles in various places in the country.
March 23,1901,
Aguinaldo was captured by the Americans in Palanan, Isabela. This ended the 1st Philippine Republic. Soon, after, he swore allegiance to United States of America and asked the Filipinos to surrender to the Americans and embrace the American rule.
The war between the Filipinos and the Americans started when a group of Filipino soldiers were shot by a couple of American soldiers on the night of February 4,1899 at the corner of Sociego and Silencio streets in Sta. Mesa,Manila. Private William Grayson and Private Robert Miller, thinking that the soldiers were provoking them, fired the first shot that brought the Filipinos and the Americans to war.
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