Retreat to Montalban

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Retreat to Montalban
Part of the Philippine Revolution
DateMay 3, 1897 - June 14, 1897
Location
Cavite, Laguna and Morong (now Rizal) Philippines
Result

Tactical Spanish victory
Strategic Filipino victory

Belligerents
Filipino Revolutionaries Spain Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Emilio Aguinaldo
Manuel Tinio		 Primo de Rivera
Ricardo Monet
General Nuñez
Strength
400 men[1] 24,875 men[2]: 406 

The Retreat to Montalban occurred during the

Katipunero forces retreating towards central Luzon, killing many of the revolutionaries. However, the retreat finally ended when Aguinaldo and the Filipinos won the Battle of Mount Puray, from which he would make his temporary headquarters, relocating it again to Norzagaray and Angat, until finally reaching the caves of Biak-na-Bato on June 24, 1897, and making it the new revolutionary headquarters.[3]

Prelude

The revolutionary forces in Cavite were exhausted and failing against the freshly reinforced Spanish troops that went from Manila to Laguna. After numerous defeats in Imus and Silang, along with the execution of Andres Bonifacio, the Filipino revolutionaries have lost their morale and their willingness to fight, causing some to surrender to the Spanish.

The retreat

According to the memoir Aguinaldo wrote called "The True Version of the Philippine Revolution", he stated that the Battle of Naic on May 3, 1897, was fought successfully by his troops on a river in Naic which held the Spanish forces at bay before the retreat on mid May.

Malapad-na-Bato and Mariquina, and by June 10 they were spotted to be near Mount Puray. They encountered Spanish troops while they were camping on June 14 and were attacked. However, the revolutionaries were successful in this battle, and hence the long retreat finally ended. They then proceeded on a long march towards their hill bases in Bulacan, namely Norzagaray, Angat and then finally the cave at Biak-na-Bato in San Miguel in the province of Bulacan by June 24, where the place was deemed far away from the front lines. From then on they made Biak-na-Bato as the new headquarters of the revolution, setting up a republican government and handing out orders across the Philippine islands, extending the revolution from just the original eight provinces first to revolt against Spain to include all of the Philippines.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Aguinaldo's Long March". The Manila Times.
  2. ISBN 9780332735498
    . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Tejerois Convention".
  4. ^ "True Version of the Philippine Revolution".
  5. ^ Ordóñez, Elmer (June 4, 2011). "Aguinaldo's Long March". The Manila Times.
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