Battle of San Juan del Monte

Battle of San Juan del Monte
	Part of the Philippine Revolution
Date	August 30, 1896
Location	San Juan del Monte, Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Result	Spanish victory Start of the revolution in Luzon;
Belligerents
Katipunan Sovereign Tagalog Nation;	Spanish Empire
Commanders and leaders
Andrés Bonifacio; Emilio Jacinto; Ramon Bernardo	Ramón Blanco; Camilo Rambaud; Bernardo Echaluce
Strength
800~1,000+	100+ combined civil guards, infantrymen and artillerymen
Casualties and losses
153 deaths; about 200 captured	2 deaths

The Battle of San Juan del Monte, also referred to as Battle of Pinaglabanan, took place on August 30, 1896. It is considered as the first major battle of the Philippine Revolution, which sought Philippine independence from Spain. The first battle cry of the Katipunan coincided with the pealing of church bells at nine o'clock on the night of August 29, 1896.^[3]^: 43

^ "The Philippine Revolution: First Shots of the Revolution". Retrieved October 27, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Battle of San Juan Del Monte". Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
^ Alvarez, S.V., 1992, Recalling the Revolution, Madison: Center for Southeast Asia Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ISBN 9781881261056

[1] "The Philippine Revolution: First Shots of the Revolution". Retrieved October 27, 2010.

[san_juan_del_monte_biz-2] "Battle of San Juan Del Monte". Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2010.

[Alvarez-3] Alvarez, S.V., 1992, Recalling the Revolution, Madison: Center for Southeast Asia Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, ISBN 9781881261056

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