Siege of Catubig | |||||||
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Part of Philippine–American War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
First Philippine Republic | United States | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
600[1]: 233 | Company H, 43d Infantry Regiment (PS) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~150 killed[1]: 233 (Filipino claimed) |
31 killed (Filipino claimed) 19 killed, 3 wounded (American claimed)[1]: 233 2 motorized small boats captured. |
The siege of Catubig (Filipino: Pagkubkob sa Catubig) was a long and bloody engagement fought during the Philippine–American War, in which Filipino guerrillas launched a surprise attack against a detachment of U.S. infantry, and then forced them to abandon the town after a four-day siege. It began on April 15, 1900, and lasted four days before the survivors were rescued. The attack was very similar to the Balangiga Massacre south of Catubig a year later.