18 July, 1898
TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:
Beleaguered Spanish troops led by Lieutenant Commander Juan Lalat surrender to the Filipino revolutionary forces under Commander Vicente Quesada in Aringay, La Union more than a month after Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo declared the Independence of the Philippines.
The Spaniards have been entrenched in the convent of this town following a sustained combat between the opposing forces as the Filipinos forces prevailed, they were forced to capitulate to Quesada, the province’s revolutionary governor who treats them with all humanitarian considerations.
(Ref: http://philippines-islands-lemuria.blogspot.co.nz)
