Balangiga massacre
| Balangiga massacre | |||||||
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| Part of the post-war insurgency phase of the Philippine–American War | |||||||
Members of Company C, 9th US Infantry Regiment posing with Mayor Valeriano Abanador and another town official | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Philippine nationalists | United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Thomas W. Connell † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Philippine Republican Army, irregular military forces | Company C (9th Infantry Regiment) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 500 irregular military forces bolo troops in seven attack units |
Philippine attack: 74 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 22 wounded |
54 killed 18 wounded | ||||||
The Balangiga massacre was an incident in which the residents of the town of Balangiga on the island of Samar conducted a surprise attack on an occupying unit of the US 9th Infantry, killing 54. The incident is also known as the Balangiga encounter, Balangiga incident, or Balangiga conflict. The incident occurred on September 28, 1901, over five months after the April 19 publication of a "Peace Manifesto" by Emilio Aguinaldo acknowledging and accepting the sovereignty of the United States throughout the Philippines. Some Filipino historians have asserted that the term Balangiga Massacre more appropriately refers to actions ordered in retaliation by American General Jacob H. Smith during the pacification of Samar that resulted in an estimated 2,000 Filipino civilians killed and over 200 homes burned.