Kawit Revolt
| Kawit revolt | |||||||
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| Part of the Philippine Revolution | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Emilio Aguinaldo
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 Ramón Blanco y Erenas (indirectly) |
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| Strength | |||||||
| 400 men | Civil Guards (numbers not defined) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | None, Several captured | ||||||
The Kawit revolt was a short skirmish in the beginning of the revolution in Cavite. Captain Emilio Aguinaldo led some 400 men to the town hall of Kawit, guarded by a few Guardia Civil there. A few days after the revolt, Aguinaldo marched to Imus to meet the enemy in one of the great battles of the revolution.
After the outbreak of revolution in Manila, Aguinaldo was sent to Cavite Nuevo with a mission, Pretending to have been attacked by bandits at Kawit, he was requesting the governor of Cavite for more Civil Guards to fight off the rebels, however the governor did not give him men, saying that they were all in Manila. Aguinaldo persisted, asking for at least a hundred guns, again the governor said that they were all in Manila to fight the revolution there, acting frustrated, Aguinaldo left the governor's mansion and traveled to Kawit. Aguinaldo's plan was a success, He, along with other revolutionaries planned to strip the soldiers of their arms. At Kawit, there were only few Guards and upon returning, he quickly recruited as many men as he could.
On August 31, 1896, Aguinaldo marched with his army of bolomen to the town center of Kawit. Prior to the battle, Aguinaldo strictly ordered his men not to Kill anyone in his hometown. Upon arriving at the town center, the guards armed with remingtons, unaware of events were caught completely by surprise and surrendered immediately. The guns there were captured and armed by the Katipuneros, the revolt was a major success for Aguinaldo and his men. Later that afternoon, they raised the Magdalo flag at the town hall to a large crowd of people from Kawit all assembled after hearing of their city's liberation.
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