The Battle of
Talisay in
Batangas
Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and La ...
province,
Philippines
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, was fought during the
Philippine Revolution on October 12, 1896, that led to Filipino victory.
Background
The Filipinos, by the time the revolution began, Batangas was already a hotspot for revolutionary activities, and as a consequent result it was one of the first provinces that declared independence from Spain and joined the
Katipunan
The Katipunan, officially known as the Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK; en, Supreme and Honorable Association of the Children of the Nation ...
. The Spanish then conducted offensives against Filipino rebel encampments in the province but failed.
Battle
General
Emilio Aguinaldo was already
winning battles in Cavite province, and had begun amassing huge throngs of men willing to join the Katipunan. Then he went along with a huge force to Batangas to join with generals
Miguel Malvar
Miguel Malvar y Carpio (September 27, 1865 – October 13, 1911) was a Filipino general who served during the Philippine Revolution and, subsequently, during the Philippine–American War. He assumed command of the Philippine revolutionary forc ...
and Candido Tirona and to amass more men in the province to join the revolution. The Spanish fought hard, but one entire company of theirs was completely destroyed. As a result, the revolutionaries overran the Spanish positions stationed at Talisay then continued to join with the revolutionary army of General Aguinaldo, which he left in Cavite while being assigned to Katipunero generals including
Santiago Alvarez to continue the revolution there, after the victory.
Aftermath
To follow up victory, General Malvar then launched
a simultaneous attack in the towns of
Lemery, Bayungyungan, Calaca, and
Taal in the same province, but after suffering heavy losses, called off the attacks. However, the effect of the battle also prevented the afterwards severely weakened Spanish units in the province to help quell the ongoing revolution in Cavite.
References
About Batangas
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Battles of the Philippine Revolution
History of Batangas