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The Roanoke Daily Times., Roanoke VA, Aug. 22, 1896, page 1


Spanish soldiers in the Philippines. Photo taken in 1896.


Spanish troops battling Filipino rebels in the undergrowth; photo taken in 1896 or 1897


Aug. 30, 1896: Dead Filipino rebels found inside the Cordeleria de Peñafrancia, the rope factory owned by Sancho Valenzuela in Bacood, Santa Mesa district, Manila.


Filipino POWs of the Philippine Revolution


Sept. 4, 1896: Valenzuela, Peralta, Rivera, and Silvestre were executed by firing squad at the Luneta


Retouched photo of Spanish soldiers executing Filipinos on the Luneta, ca 1896-1897


1896 or 1897: Spanish soldiers lead a Filipino rebel to execution


1896 or 1897: Spanish firing squad executes two captured Filipino rebels


1896 or 1897: Six Filipino rebels are about to die


Same scene as in preceding photo, after the shots were fired


Oct. 1, 1896: A battalion of Spanish marine infantry -- part of the "Ejercito Expedicionario" -- arrives in Manila. This first reinforcement from Spain consisted of 22 officers and 895 men commanded by Col. Juan Herrera.


Oct. 1, 1896: The Spanish marines head for Intramuros, the walled district of Manila


October 1896: A company of Spanish soldiers in Manila.


A Spanish Army Sergeant in 1896.


Oct. 31, 1896: The cells of Fort Santiago (Fuerza de Santiago) in Manila were jampacked with suspected rebels and 52 Filipinos died due to asphyxiation


Spanish friars of the Dominican Order, ca 1875-1880. A major cause of the Philippine Revolution was the tyranny, oppressive practices and blatant racism of the religious orders.


Emilio Aguinaldo in 1896


Spanish troops defending a house


Dec. 30, 1896: Jose Rizal, later enshrined as the Philippines' national hero, is executed at the Luneta, Manila


Life-size diorama of Rizal's execution built on the very site where it happened.


January 1897: Eusebio Roque, aka "Maestrong Sebio" and "Dimabunggo," as prisoner of the Spanish. He founded the "Republic of Kakarong de Sili" in 1896 at Pandi, Bulacan Province. He was executed by firing squad.


Spanish battery pounds Filipino positions in Cavite Province


Interior of Spanish entrenchment at Dalahican, Noveleta, Cavite Province.


Spaniards discharge their mortar at the Filipinos in Noveleta, Cavite

[Airbornemama]

Those were some fabulous B&W's that are amazing to look at! I love the pic with the friars!

[NoelPuppet]

And when the Spanish were beaten, the US came in and hunted down Aguinaldo like a dog. Tragic.

[Sharon]

Brilliant post

[Rusty666]

[King Herald]

And after the Spanish were defeated and ass-kicked by the USA, both in the PI and other countries, the USA took over where the Spanish had left off.

The Filipinos the rose up against them a year later and...

http://philippineamericanwar.webs.co...ondies1899.htm

[n2ecosystems]

You know what are the chances you're born on this planet and survive without ever being a war victim or victim period, this has to be hell, I mean all the killers out there, the churches in the past, how did anyone survive, you all love death until it's your own, food for thought.

[n2ecosystems]

Originally Posted by King Herald ↗

And after the Spanish were defeated and ass-kicked by the USA, both in the PI and other countries, the USA took over where the Spanish had left off.

The Filipinos the rose up against them a year later and...

http://philippineamericanwar.webs.co...ondies1899.htm

It would be sweet, if a girl would actually post her own picture in the avatar, it would be nice to know who your talking to. LOL, especially if it was your avatar.

[Spiffyfable]

Very good post about a subject that I know nothing about

[blancadon]

Most filipinos have spanish surnames because of the long occupation by Spain.