April 15–19, 1900 · Samar Theater
April 15–19, 1900
Hundreds of Filipino guerrillas besieged a 31-man detachment of the 43rd Infantry in the Catubig church convent on Samar, burning them out with flaming arrows and captured rifles. The survivors dug in on the riverbank for four days until a relief boat arrived; nineteen Americans died.
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