Battle of Pulang Lupa


	Battle of Pulang Lupa

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10-18-2009 11:08 PM

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A trivia about the battle of Pulan Lupa, a battle that is acknowledged as one of the most singular events in the history of the revolution. Filipinos under the leadership of Lt. Colonel Maximo Abad engaged the americans led by Captain Devereaux Shields and successfully made the latter surrender.

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</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.philippine-trivia.com/History/Battle-of-Pulang-Lupa.html"><DIV>In the early morning of September 13, 1900, Captain Devereaux Shields led 51 soldiers of Company F,Twenty-ninth U.S. Infantry in reconnoitering the mountains near Torrijos town, Marinduque. After three hours of hiking, the company's vanguard stumbles upon a revolutionary camp and fires at it. Too late, they realize that they are almost completely encircled by guerillas hiding 300 yards to the north.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.philippine-trivia.com/History/Battle-of-Pulang-Lupa.html"><DIV> In retaliation to the Americans' initial volley, the Filipinos led by Lt. Colonel Maximo Abad quickly released a massive gun salvo. For two hours the Americans tried to beat off the latter, to no avail.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.philippine-trivia.com/History/Battle-of-Pulang-Lupa.html"><DIV title="" class="jwts_tabbertab "><H2><A name="advtab" href="javascript:alert('This link contains javascript. Please visit the clip source to follow this link.');" target="_self">Stamp Commemoration</A></H2> <A title="a stamp to commemorate the Centennial of the Battle of Pulang Lupa. " target="_blank" href="http://www.philippine-trivia.com/stamps.html?func=detail&id=69#joomimg">A stamp to commemorate the Centennial of the Battle of Pulang Lupa</A>.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.philippine-trivia.com/History/Battle-of-Pulang-Lupa.html"><DIV class="itemCategory">
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