. The Philippine Islands . ls were tolled, and images of thePatron Saints of the colony were daily paraded through thestreets. The Governor himself took command, and incited his fol-lowers to martial order by proclaiming St. Marks promisedintercession. From his ship he unfurled the royal standard,—on which the image of the Virgin was conspicuously embroid-ered,—to give encouragement to the eyes of the faithful. Hethen gave the signal for the advance, and they swiftly boredown upon the enemy. The Dutch were quietly awaiting theattack, and the conflict was fierce and sanguinary. It was acalm, be
. The Philippine Islands . ls were tolled, and images of thePatron Saints of the colony were daily paraded through thestreets. The Governor himself took command, and incited his fol-lowers to martial order by proclaiming St. Marks promisedintercession. From his ship he unfurled the royal standard,—on which the image of the Virgin was conspicuously embroid-ered,—to give encouragement to the eyes of the faithful. Hethen gave the signal for the advance, and they swiftly boredown upon the enemy. The Dutch were quietly awaiting theattack, and the conflict was fierce and sanguinary. It was acalm, beautiful day ; but the calmness soon gave place to the Earlv History of the Islands. 43 thundering turbulence of battle, and the beauty soon becamethe ugliness of war. The contest lasted about six hours, and the Dutch, unablelonger to cope against odds so overwhelming, were finally van-quished ; their three ships were destroyed, and their fiags, artil-lery, and plundered merchandise to the value of §300,000were SAN AUGUSTINE CHURCH, I\ OLD MAXILA. This important struggle is known in tlie history of the islandsas the battle of Playa Honda. Had it ended otherwise, it isprobable that the Philippines would have been for the Dutchanother Java, and a most interesting problem would not havesought solution at the hands of the American people. Several other engagements with the Dutch occurred at dif- 44 The Philippine Islands. ferent times ; first one, then the other side being thus for over a century the contest continued, until bythe Peace of Westphalia, in 1648, Hollands independence wasfully established, her impoverished and weakened foe beingforced to a tardy recognition of what had been an obstinatefact for many years. THE JAPANESE, AND THE MARTYRED SAINTS. The struggling colony was menaced by yet another commercial relations had been entered into with theJapanese, who had established one or two trading-settlementsin different parts of Luzon.
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