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Then-Col. San Miguel conferring with
imperialist Col. Stotsenburg, Feb. 2, 1899 |
1903 - Gen. Luciano San Miguel y Saklolo, one of
the most valiant, nationalistic, and greatest though underrated Filipino
heroes and revolutionaries, dies fighting the imperialist American
forces and traitorous mercenaries during the Battle of Koral-na-Bato in
Antipolo, Rizal, four years into the bloody and protracted Philippine-American War (1899-1914); the real last Philippine Republic general who
chose to continue fighting the vile Bald Eagle invaders despite Gen.
Emilio F. Aguinaldo's capture and prompt swearing of allegiance to the
enemy flag, a dying San Miguel will manage to utter the glorious words
of heroism: “To give up one’s life for the Motherland and
her freedom – this alone, is true happiness and honor!; a Caviteno who
joined the underground-society-turned-revolutionary-body Kataastaasang Kagalanggalangang Katipunan nang manga Anak nang Bayan (KKK) in 1896, San Miguel was a bonafide man of the Supremo Andres C. Bonifacio under the Magdiwang KKK chapter; he received the command of the northern provinces
of Nueva Ecija, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Morong, Batangas, Laguna,
and Manila as colonel during the Second Phase of the Revolution against
Spain; during the Fil-Am War, he led military actions in central and
western Luzon as general in the battles of 1899 and will revive the KKK in his command in Zambales; at the time of his death, he was the generalissimo in charge of overall field operations command of the Republic of Katagalugan,
the anti-imperialist revolutionary body that took off from Bonifacio's
1896-1897 Katipunan, which San Miguel co-formed with Gen. Macario Sakay;
similar to that of Bonifacio who died under the hands of his
countrymen, Gen. San Miguel's heroic death in Rizal's Pugad-Babuy
district was effected by the imperialist pawns, the Philippine Constabulary and mercenary Philippine Scouts forces
that mostly consisted of traitorous, co-opted Filipinos; the (third)
Battle of Corral-na-Bato will later be regarded as the last great anti-imperialist-American battle in the Luzon
but following San Miguel's death, a new phase of the guerrilla struggle
of the Filipino freedom fighters in the Philippine's Luzon island will continue unabated for four more years with popular support.
Raw photo credit: http://philippineamericanwar.webs.com/filamwarbreaksout.htm
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