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Battle of Bangkusay Channel

Battle of Bankusay Channel
Date June 3, 1571
Location Bankusay Channel in Tondo, Manila, Philippines
Result Spanish victory
Kingdom of Tondo dissolved
Belligerents

Indigenous polities of Macabebe and Maynila

Spain Spanish Empire

Commanders and leaders
Tarik Sulayman and Rajah Sulayman Miguel López de Legazpi
Strength
40 caracoas (warships), around 2,000 warriors 27 vessels, 280 Spaniards, 600 native allies

Indigenous polities of Macabebe and Maynila

Spain Spanish Empire

The Battle of Bankusay (Filipino: Labanan sa Bankusay; Kapampangan: Labanan king Bankusay), on June 3, 1571, was a naval engagement that marked the last resistance by locals to the Spanish Empire's occupation and colonization of the Pasig River delta, which had been the site of the indigenous polities of Maynila and Tondo.

Tarik Sulayman, the chief of Macabebes, refused to ally with the Spanish and decided to mount an attack at Bankusay Channel on Spanish forces, led by Miguel López de Legazpi. Sulayman's forces were defeated, and a chief was killed. The Spanish victory in Bankusay and Legazpi's alliance with Lakandula of Kingdom of Tondo, enabled the Spaniards to establish themselves throughout the city and its neighboring towns.


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