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Battles of the Philippine-American War

This is a list of battles of the Philippine-American War.
*Battle of Manila (February 4 February 5 1899)-American and Filipinos forces clash for the first time, as Americans drive the Filiipino army out of the Manila area.
*Battle of Santa Cruz (1899) (April 9-10 April) - U.S. General Henry W. Lawton captures Filipino stronghold of Santa Cruz and pushes into Laguna province on Luzon
*Battle of Pagsanjan (April 11, 1899) - American sharpshooters skirmish with Filipinos outside of Pagsanjan, succeeding in driving them out. General Lawton's troops take Pagsanjan in the second action of the Laguna Campaign.
*Battle of Paete (April 12, 1899) - General Lawton's forces disperse Filipinos blocking route to Paete in stiff fight. Paete taken by the Americans. Last action of the Laguna Campaign.
*Battle of Quingua (April 23,1899) - Philippine General Gregorio del Pilar stops American cavalry scouts on Luzon, but is then routed after an artillery bombardment and infantry ground assault.
*Battle of Zapote Bridge (June 13, 1899) - On Luzon, Lawton's American forces rout a large Philippine force under General Pio del Pilar, and inflict heavy casualties on the enemy in 2nd largest battle of the Philippine-American War.
*Battle of San Jacinto (November 11, 1899)-U.S. General Loyd Wheaton drives Filipinos out of San Jacinto. Luzon.
*Battle of Tirad Pass (December 2, 1899) - On Luzon, 60 Filipino patriots under General del Pilar fight off an attack of 500 U.S. Infantry for 5 hours, before nearly all Filipinos are killed, including del Pilar.
*Battle of Paye, (December 19, 1899) - On Luzon Filipine General Licerio Geronimo routs an American brigade under General Lawton, in which Lawton is killed.
*Siege of Catubig (April 15, 1900) - Filipino guerillas launch a surprise attack against a detachment of American soldiers, and, after a four-day siege, force them to evacuate the town of Catubig on Samar.
*Battle of Macahambus (June 4, 1900) - On Macahambus, Cagayan de Misamis (present day Cagayan de Oro), Filipinos rout an Americans regiment and inflict heavy casualties, but take less than 5.
*Battle of Pulang Lupa (September 13, 1900) -Filipino resistance fighters under Colonel Maximo Abad ambush 55 Americans and kill, wound, or capture all of them.
*Battle of Mabitac (September 17, 1900) - Filipino forces outmaneuver and rout American forces on Luzon.
*Lonoy massacre (March, 1901) - In a reverse ambush, U.S. Infantrymen launch a surprise attack on Bohol natives and kill over 400.
*Balangiga massacre (September 28,1901) - Over 50 Americans are killed in an ambush on Samar in the most infamous incident of the war.
*Battle of Dolores (December 12 1904) - On Samar, 37 Philippine Constabulary Scouts ambushed by 1000 pulajans and nearly all killed.
*Battle of Bud Dajo (March 5 March 7 1906) - One-thousand Moros (mostly women and children) fortify themselves in an extinct volcanic crater on Mindanao and battle a few hundred American soldiers, before virtually all Moros are killed.



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