Battle of Perez Dasmariñas Cavite Offensive of 1897
Part of thePhilippine Revolution
Date February 15 (Start of the Cavite Offensive) to March 24, 1897 Location Perez-Dasmariñas (and nearby vicinities of the town),Cavite,Philippines Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Katipunan Magdalo	Spanish Empire Guardia Civil
Commanders and leaders
Emilio Aguinaldo Crispulo Aguinaldo † Flaviano Yengko † Placido Campos Marcela Marcelo †[1]	Jose de Lachambre Antonio Zabala †[2]
Strength
60,000+ men	23,000infanterias andcazadores 100+ guns and mortars
Casualties and losses
~10,000 (estimated)	~3,000
20,000 civilian deaths[3]

TheBattle of Perez Dasmariñas (Filipino:Labanan sa Perez Dasmariñas,Spanish:Batalla de Perez Dasmariñas) was a battle of thePhilippine Revolution. It occurred during the Cavite Offensive of 1897, commanded by Maj. Gen.Jose de Lachambre under Governor-GeneralCamilo de Polavieja, as the Spanish aimed to recapture Cavite fromKatipunan rebel control. Both the battle and the offensive was a success for the Spanish, and theretreat to Montalban occurred several weeks after the battle.

The offensive began on February 15 at the town of Pamplona in Cavite. The Spaniards recaptured the town ofSilang with heavy losses on February 19, 1897.^[2]: 100 and the revolutionaries retreated to Perez Dasmariñas. The Spaniards aimed to retake the rebel center town ofImus and had to take the town of Perez Dasmariñas first.

On February 27, the Spaniards began their assault on Perez Dasmariñas and its vicinities.^[2]: 102 TheKatipuneros intercepted the advancing Spaniards in Salitran, between Imus and Perez Dasmariñas, starting March 7. Meanwhile, at theTejeros Convention, Aguinaldo was votedin absentia as the president of a reorganized revolutionary government on March 22. The next day, Colonel Vicente Riego de Dios was sent by the assembly to fetch Aguinaldo, who was then in Pasong Santol. The newly elected president refused to come because of the pending attack, so his brotherCrispulo Aguinaldo was then sent to fetch him. Crispulo said that the Spanish would only retake the town over his dead body. Aguinaldo thus left and took his oath of office at Santa Cruz de Malabon (nowTanza) that day, Emilio realizing the danger, sent a reinforcement detachment but was intercepted on the way by Captain GeneralArtemio Ricarte under the order of SupremoAndres Bonifacio thus leaving the Pasong Santol front weakened, Crispulo was killed the following day at Pasong Santol and the rebels were routed with heavy losses, with combat reachingthe town of Perez Dasmariñas itself. Some survivors managed to get back to Imus.

The battle signaled the advent of the Spanish recapture of Cavite province.

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