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The siege of Baler (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Baler; Spanish: Sitio de Baler) was a battle of the Philippine Revolution. Filipino revolutionaries laid siege to a fortified church defended by Spanish troops in the town of Baler, Aurora, for 337 days, from 1 July 1898 until 2 June 1899.
Sep 30, 2015 · Fought from July 1, 1898, to June 2, 1899, the battle is one of the longest sieges in Philippine history and pitted hundreds of Filipino troops against a vastly outnumbered 50-man Spanish detachment that was forced to hole itself up inside the town’s church since it was the only stone structure in the area.
The Siege of Baler started on the 1st of July 1898. The Filipino revolutionaries surrounded the town and cut off the garrison from any supplies, reinforcement, and communication. The Spanish forces remained in isolation for 11 months, until the 2nd of June 1899.
In the meantime, while the Siege of Baler was ongoing, the Katipuneros attacked Casiguran on 20 July. The two Franciscan priests assigned their ran away separately to hide in the jungle and reunited in Colar where they had earlier agreed to meet should the town be attacked.
3 days ago · The Siege of Baler tells the story of Spanish soldiers who held out in Baler, 15 days after the proclamation of Philippine independence. Despite repeated efforts to inform them that the war had already ended, the soldiers barricaded themselves for 11 long months.
Jun 30, 2021 · Having overcome their agonizing adventure towards unreason for 337 days of confinement in subhuman conditions ─19 soldiers died inside the church─the 33 starving and emaciated survivors, in addition to two Franciscans, finally laid down their arms and left the church on June 2, 1899.
Jan 19, 2013 · Most people who know their Philippine history have at least some knowledge of the famed Siege of Baler in 1898, the strange-but-true story of the last holdouts of the Spanish empire who,...
