Spanish Troops Take Back Manila

Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):

MAY 31, 1764

After the Seven Years War (1756-1763) ended with the signing of the peace treaty in Paris in 1763, Spanish troops re-entered Manila with Simon de Anda taking possession of the city since Francisco de la Torre, the new governor ad interim was sick. 

By evening, a banquet was prepared for the British commanders who, on June 4, 1764 gave Anda and other Spanish officials a banquet on board their ships. 

The British left for India on June 10 and 11, 1764 leaving behind Sepoy troops who mutinied and refused to leave. 

The Sepoys settled in Cainta and Taytay and married Filipino women. 

The beginning of the British invasion of the Philippines was on September 23, 1762 when a flotilla landed in Manila Bay led by Admiral Samuel Cornish. General William Draper commanded the troops. 

During the occupation, Diego Silang and his wife Gabriela, Juan de la Cruz Palaris, and the majority of the Chinese in Manila supported the British against the Spaniards.

(Design, concept, stamps and research: Richard Allan B. Uy) All rights reserved

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