Torrijos: September 13th Celebration

There are supported documents from this event that historians should look into. Battle of Pulang Lupa was the first victory recorded during the Philippine-American war in 1900-1901.                                                                                                  

The most comprehensive account of the U.S. Army’s pacification of Marinduque from the period April 1900 to April 1901 was published in the Journal of Military History 61 (April 1997), in an paper written by Andrew J. Birtle.

On the thirteenth (September), Shields led his detachment into the mountains with the intention of returning to Santa Cruz. Well informed about Shields's movements, Shields walked right into the ambush. A fire fight ensued for several hours before Shields ordered a retreat into a covered ravine. What began as a slow withdrawal quickly turned into a race down a rocky stream bed, as the Americans scrambled to escape the pincers that were moving to surround them (until) Shields fell seriously wounded.

...more of Pulang Lupa @

http://marinduquegov.blogspot.com/2009/12/reliving-battle-of-pulang-lupa.html