Battle of Manila | |||||||
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Part of the Philippine Revolution and Spanish–American War | |||||||
"Raising the American flag over Fort Santiago, Manila, on the evening of August 13, 1898." drawing from Harper's Pictorial History of the War with Spain. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
Philippine Revolutionaries |
Kingdom of Spain | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Wesley Merritt Emilio Aguinaldo Antonio Luna |
Fermin Jáudenes Basilio Augustín |
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Strength | |||||||
30,000 |
13,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
6 killed (United States) | 49 killed, 1 fort |
Wesley Merritt
George Dewey
Arthur MacArthur, Jr.