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    The Battle of Imus in August 1896 marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. Emilio Aguinaldo led 600 men in a series of skirmishes against Spanish troops stationed in Imus, Cavite. A Spanish relief force was defeated despite numerical superiority. In September, a larger Spanish force was lured into an ambush and annihilated at Isabel II Bridge. In November 1896, Spanish naval raids bombarded Filipino fortifications in Cavite, but the Filipinos led by Aguinaldo and Alvarez routed an invading Spanish battalion, scoring an early victory.

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    The Battle of Imus in August 1896 marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. Emilio Aguinaldo led 600 men in a series of skirmishes against Spanish troops stationed in Imus, Cavite. A Spanish relief force was defeated despite numerical superiority. In September, a larger Spanish force was lured into an ambush and annihilated at Isabel II Bridge. In November 1896, Spanish naval raids bombarded Filipino fortifications in Cavite, but the Filipinos led by Aguinaldo and Alvarez routed an invading Spanish battalion, scoring an early victory.

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    The Battle of Imus in August 1896 marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. Emilio Aguinaldo led 600 men in a series of skirmishes against Spanish troops stationed in Imus, Cavite. A Spanish relief force was defeated despite numerical superiority. In September, a larger Spanish force was lured into an ambush and annihilated at Isabel II Bridge. In November 1896, Spanish naval raids bombarded Filipino fortifications in Cavite, but the Filipinos led by Aguinaldo and Alvarez routed an invading Spanish battalion, scoring an early victory.

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    Battle of Imus

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    The Battle of Imus in August 1896 marked the beginning of the Philippine Revolution. Emilio Aguinaldo led 600 men in a series of skirmishes against Spanish troops stationed in Imus, Cavite. A Spanish relief force was defeated despite numerical superiority. In September, a larger Spanish force was lured into an ambush and annihilated at Isabel II Bridge. In November 1896, Spanish naval raids bombarded Filipino fortifications in Cavite, but the Filipinos led by Aguinaldo and Alvarez routed an invading Spanish battalion, scoring an early victory.

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    Battle of Imus[edit]

    Main article: Battle of Imus


    In August 1896, as coordinated attacks broke out and sparked the revolution beginning
    in Manila. Aguinaldo marched from Kawit with 600 men and launched a series of
    skirmishes at Imus that eventually ended in open hostilities against Spanish troops
    stationed there. On September 1, with the aid of Captain Jose Tagle of Imus, they laid
    siege against Imus to draw the Spanish out. A Spanish relief column commanded by
    Brigadier-General Ernesto de Aguirre had been dispatched from Manila to aid the
    beleaguered Spanish defenders of Imus. Supported only by 100 troops and by cavalry,
    Aguirre gave the impression that he had been sent out to suppress a minor disturbance.
    Aguinaldo and his men counterattacked but suffered heavy losses that almost cost his
    own life. Despite the success, Aguirre did not press the attack, felt the inadequacy of his
    troops, and hastened back to Manila to get reinforcements. During the lull in the fighting,
    Aguinaldo's troops reorganized and prepared for another Spanish attack. On September
    3, Aguirre came back with a much larger force of 3,000 men. When Spanish troops
    arrived at the Isabel II Bridge, they were fired upon by the concealed rebels. As surprise
    was on the side of the revolutionaries, almost all Spaniards sent there were trapped and
    annihilated, such as Aguirre.[citation needed]

    Battles of Binakayan-Dalahican[edit]
    Main article: Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican
    Alarmed by previous siege, led by General Aguinaldo in Imus, in September 1896,
    Governor-General Ramón Blanco y Erenas ordered the 4th Battalion of Cazadores
    from Spain to aid him in quelling the rebellion in Cavite. On November 3, 1896, the
    battalion arrived carrying a squadron of 1,328 men and some 55 officers. [19] Also, Blanco
    ordered about 8,000 men who recently came from Cuba and Spain to joint in
    suppressing the rebellion. Prior to the land attacks, Spanish naval raids were conducted
    on the shores of Cavite, where cannons bombarded the revolutionary fortifications in
    Bacoor, Noveleta, Binakayan, and Cavite Viejo. The most fortified locations in Noveleta
    were the Dalahican and Dagatan shores, defended by Magdiwang soldiers commanded
    by General Santiago Alvarez, and the adjacent fishing village of Binakayan in Kawit was
    fortified by Magdalo under General Emilio Aguinaldo. Spanish naval operations were
    determined to crush the fortifications in these areas, mainly because the lake around
    Dalahican was strategic by connecting to the interior of Cavite. Apart from defending
    Binakayan, the Magdalo soldiers also kept the lower part of Dagatan up to Cavite's
    border near Morong Province (now Rizal Province).[20] Between the towns of Binakayan
    and Dalahican, the Spanish forces lost decisively since the Filipino rebels, led by
    Aguinaldo and Alvarez, routed them back to Cavite City in which the remaining Spanish
    troops would eventually surrender. The successful defenses of Binakayan and
    Dalahican was considered to be the first major victory of the Filipinos over a colonial
    power.[citation needed]

    Battle of Zapote Bridge[


    Main article: Battle of Zapote Bridge (1897)
    The newly appointed governor-general Camilo de Polavieja was now fully aware that
    the main weight of the revolution was in Cavite and so decided to launch a two-pronged
    assault to defeat the revolutionaries, led by Aguinaldo. He ordered General José de
    Lachambre with a much bigger force to march against Silang to take on
    the Katipuneros from the rear, and he would engage the Filipinos head on. On February
    17, 1897, Aguinaldo ordered soldiers to plant dynamite along the bridge and to place
    pointed bamboo sticks in the river beds below the bridge. Several hours later, 12,000
    Spaniards began to cross the bridge. The trap was sprung, and the dynamite was
    detonated, which killed several Spanish troops and injured many more. The rebels then
    emerged from the bushes, fought hand to hand, and repelled consecutive waves of
    enemy troops charging across the river. Edilberto Evangelista was shot in the head and
    died. Cavite Province gradually emerged as the Revolution's hotbed, and the Aguinaldo-
    led Katipuneros had a string of victories there. After the battle, the demoralized Spanish
    soldiers retreated towards Muntinlupa.

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