THE BALANGIGA MASSACRE

LANZ JERLAN D. PENA

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 An artist's rendition of the
Balangiga incident as one attack.
There were actually two sites of
attacks, the convent and the area
near the municipal hall.
American Volunteers with Valeriano
Abanador who subsequently led
the morning attack against them
 Valeriano Abanador, the filipino
leader of the Balangiga Incedent
Adolph Gamlin, the first be attack
by abanador
General Jacob Smith who wanted to
turn samar into “Howling
Wilderness”
The map showing the cite of attack
 He then waved a rattan
cane above his head, and
yelled: “Atake, mga
Balangigan-on! (Attack,
men of Balangiga!).
Soldiers of the 9th US
Infantry "Manchus"
Regiment enjoying a
cockfight,
 The infamous order in American
newspaper and the editorial's
cartoon imagining what happened
General Jake "Howling" Smith and
his staff inspecting the ruins of
Balangiga in October 1901, a few
weeks after the retaliation by
Captain Bookmiller and his troops.
 An American river
expedition in Samar
An American expedition
enters the Calbiga River,
Samar
Colors of the 9th Infantry Regiment,
Calbayog, Samar. These same colors
entered Santiago (Cuba), Tarlac
(Philippines), and Peking (China)..
 Survivors of Balangiga
Massacre in April 1902
photo taken in Calbayog,
Samar
 US soldiers drill on main
plaza at Catbalogan, Samar.
US Marines in action in the
Philippines; at left, a
Marine appears to have
been hit.
 USS Vicksburg sailors led by Lt.
((later Rear Admiral) Henry V. Butler
burning a village in Samar, October
1901.