The Battle of Balantang, also known as the Second Battle of Jaro, was a battle fought in the early stages of the

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. It was an organized counterattack by Filipino forces on U.S. forces that was executed on March 10, 1899, which resulted in the retaking the town of Jaro on the island of

Panay Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of and has a total population of 4,542,926 as of 2020 census. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City o ...

in the

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. Filipino revolutionaries led by General Pascual Magbanua together with his sister

Teresa Magbanua Teresa Magbanua y Ferraris (October 13, 1868 – August 1947), better known as Teresa Magbanua and dubbed as the "Visayan Joan of Arc", was a Filipino schoolteacher and military leader. Born in Pototan, Iloilo, Philippines, she retired from edu ...

launched an attack, despite the disadvantages in training and equipment. The battle resulted in Philippine forces retaking Jaro from U.S forces. The number of Filipino casualties was not recorded. Because of her valor,

was given a prominent place in the celebration, and led her troops into the city while riding upon a white horse.http://ojs.philippinestudies.net/index.php/ps/article/viewFile/694/696

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