What the records say
- When
- 15 Apr 1900 – 19 Apr 1900
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 12.40° N, 125.05° E
- Description
- 1900 battle of the Philippine-American War
Siege of Catubig
1900 battle of the Philippine–American War
The siege of Catubig was a long and bloody engagement fought during the Philippine–American War, in which Filipino guerrillas launched a surprise attack against a detachment of U.S. infantry, and then forced them to abandon the town after a four-day siege. It began on April 15, 1900, and lasted four days before the survivors were rescued.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article
2 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Several Filipino nationalists attack an American garrison in Catubig, Samar”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
Part of
Nearby in time and place
- Balangiga Massacre28 Sep 1901 · Massacre
- Balangiga massacre1901 · Genocide
- Siege of Masbate19 Aug 1898 · Siege
- Battle of Camalig2 Apr 1898 · Battle
- Battle of the Visayas10 Mar 1899 · Battle
- Eruption of Mayon23 May 1897 · Volcanic eruption
- Liberation of Nueva Cáceres18 Sep 1898 · Battle
- Battle of Barrio Yating3 Dec 1898 · Battle