BATTLE

OF TIRAD
PASS
Illustrated by Jensen Lance Villena

Episode 01:
Victory is OURS!

*Disclaimer: The flow of the story may be inaccurate at some point but are completely based from
limited sources the author has read; some conversations are based from the movie Tirad
Pass: The last Stand of Gen. Gregorio del Pilar 1996 film.
*Should be read from right to left.
 DECEMBER 2, 1899 WHEN
PRESIDENT AGUINALDO HAS
TO RUN FOR HIS LIFE

PRESI DENT.

WE WILL END
THIS! WE
WILL CLAIM
THE VICTORY!

4,000 ft HEAVE

HO

HO
HEAVE

60 SOLDIERS UNDER THE COMMAND OF

G E N E R A L G R E G O R I O , A L L G AT H E R E D AT T H E
M O U N TA I N S O F T I R A D P A S S T O S TA L L O F F T H E
AMERICAN SOLDIERS ON THEIR MISSION: TO
CHASE AGUINALDO.
I WILL
BE
YOUR
GREAT
EST
ENEM
Y
 Episode 02:
The Americans and The Betrayal

T H E W A R S TA R T E D B E T W E E N T H E 6 0
FILIPINOS AND 300 AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
A L L A R E C O M P L E T E LY E N G R O S S E D I N T H E
G U N F I G H T ; N O O N E I S G I V I N G U P.
 Episode 03:
The END of Bravery

T H E A M E R I C A N S A R R I V E D AT T H E S U P P O S E D
T R A I L , TA K I N G A D V A N TA G E O F T H E B L I N D
S I D E O F T H E B U SY G OYO N G ’ S M U S K E T E E RS .
2…
 1…
FIRE!
GENERAL GREGORIO DEL PILAR, KILLED IN A
SWIFT BY A G UNSH OT IN HIS NAPE
T H R O U G H H I S M O U T H AT T H E B AT T L E O F
T I R A D PA S S , D E C E M B E R 2 , 1 8 9 9 ,
COMMANDING AGUINALDO'S REAR GUARD,
" A N O F F I C E R A N D A G E N T L E M A N .“

- THE END -

There are no last stands, Gregorio isn’t the last man standing
because he is the one who’s commanding his soldiers to crouch down
and what to do next. Since, he is the only one standing, he became
an easy target to the shooters especially they did not expect that a
fellow Filipino (An Igorot who was ridiculed and abused by the
Filipino soldiers) will snitch on them and tell the blind spot of their
site to the Americans. They did not expect anything at all since the
terrain is approximately 4,000 feet and there’s no way that the
enemies can find their way up the hill. He was shot from the back of
his neck through his mouth and died right after that. The general died
but he completed his mission. It was also said that after Gregorio
died, the remaining soldiers ran down the hill while removing all their
military accessories, they didn’t surrender but they ran away
(Valiente, 2018).

• Valiente, G. (2018). ‘Goyo’: Lies our history teachers told us.

Retrieved from
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/09/13/goyo-lies-our-history-te
achers-told-us/
.