Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition):
SEPTEMBER 28, 1901
The Balangiga Massacre started when 500 bolomen led by Valeriano Abanador, the chief of police of the town of Balangiga in Samar, attacked Company C of the US 9th Infantry Regiment.
Church bells earlier pealed, signaling the men to attack the American garrison. Abanador and Capt. Eugenio Daza, a staff member of Gen. Vicente Lukban planned the attack.
Of the 74 soldiers, 48 were killed or unaccounted for, 22 were wounded, and 4 escaped. Pres. Theodore Roosevelt ordered Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, military governor of the Philippines to pacify Samar.
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