April 27 1898- Aug, 22 1899 Battle of Malate
On August 13, 1899 with American commanders unaware that a peace protocol had been signed between Spain and the United States the previous day, Admiral Dewey began a bombardment of Fort San Antonio de Abad at 9:30 , pre-arranged with the Spanish governor, Fermin Jaudenes, who had agreed to surrender the city after a brief bombardment of the fort. Jaudenes realized that his situation was hopeless. Part of the surrender arrangement called for the Americans to keep Aguinaldo's troops out of the city, as the Spanish feared revenge by the Filipinos. At 10:15 General Greene's brigade advanced, the 1st Colorado Volunteers along the shore and the 18th Infantry and 3rd Artillery acting as infantry on Greene's right flank. When Greene's troops reached the Fort Malate they found it abandoned, and raised the American flag over it. General MacArthur's troops on Greene's right heard the exultant shout of Greene's troops as the flag was raised. Meanwhile, soon after Dewey opened fire, MacArthur's artillery began pounding Blockhouse #14, the principle impediment to the American advance on the right flank. When the blockhouse did not respond, scouts discovered that the blockhouse and nearby Spanish trenches had been abandoned. MacArthur then ordered an advance along Cingalon Road by the 13th Minnesota Volunteers and two guns of the Astor Battery, but Filipinos on his right poured from their trenches to join the American attack. Although the Americans had wanted the Filipinos to stay in their trenches and informed Aguinaldo that his troops would not be permitted to enter central Manila, Aguinaldo and his generals ignored the American wishes. They had been fighting the Spanish for months, had driven them into a defensive perimeter around Manila, and considered the territory they controlled as Filipino, not American, territory. They thought they had every right to participate in the capture of Manila.
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