| Battle of Alapan | |||||||||
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| Part of the Philippine Revolution | |||||||||
 Shrine of the National Flag | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Philippines |
 Spanish Empire | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Emilio Aguinaldo Artemio Ricarte Mariano Noriel Luciano San Miguel Juan Cailles |
Leopoldo García Peña  | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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~18,000 12,000 at Alapan 6,000 nearby |
~3,070 270 in Alapan garrison 2,800 in Cavite[3]: 427 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
132 killed 200+ captured at Alapan garrison 2,800 surrendered by May 31[3]: 427 | ||||||||
The Battle of Alapan (Filipino: Labanan sa Alapan, Spanish: Batalla de Alapan) was fought on May 28, 1898, and was the first military victory of the Filipino Revolutionaries led by Emilio Aguinaldo after his return to the Philippines from Hong Kong. After the American naval victory in the Battle of Manila Bay, Aguinaldo returned from exile in Hong Kong, reconstituted the Philippine Revolutionary Army, and fought against the Spanish troops in a garrison in Alapan, Imus, Cavite. The battle lasted for five hours, from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
After the victory at Alapan, Aguinaldo unfurled the Philippine flag for the first time, and hoisted it at the Teatro Caviteño in Cavite Nuevo (present-day Cavite City) in front of Filipino revolutionaries and more than 270 captured Spanish troops. A group of American sailors of the US Asiatic Squadron also witnessed the unfurling.
Flag Day is celebrated every May 28 in honor of this battle. This day also marks the start of the national Independence Day celebrations, as well as of the province-wide Kalayaan Festival celebrated all over Cavite province, honoring the province's role in the achievement of national independence.
- ^ United States War Department (1903). Annual reports of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903: Report of the Chief of Engineers; Supplement to the report of the Chief of Engineers. ISBN 9780332735498. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Official Gazette of the Philippines. "The Philippine Flag". Official Gazette of the Philippines. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b United States War Department (1903). Annual reports of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903: Report of the Chief of Engineers; Supplement to the report of the Chief of Engineers. ISBN 9780332735498. Retrieved 3 March 2021.