Re Battle of Mabitac, 17 September 1900
1900 - The Battle of Mabitac that spelled victory for the Filipino freedom fighters against the imperialist American invaders takes place in Laguna one and one-half years into the protracted Philippine-American War (1899-1914); Cailles, acting operations chief in the first zone of Manila, had earlier defiantly raised the Filipino flag in the headquarters he established at Santa Cruz, Laguna from where he directed operations against the enemy under Gen. Henry Lawton; using guerrilla tactics and mastery of the terrain, Filipino Gen. Juan Cailles leads the native soldiers in routing the militarily superior American forces commanded by Col. Benjamin F. Cheatahm, Jr.
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