Just posted to the Samar News Website (Sep 29): Balangiga Encounter: A day to remember

By DPAO, 8ID PA-- The 8th Infantry (Stormtroopers) Division, Philippine Army joins the whole Samarnons in commemorating the heroism of the twenty-eight ranking revolutionaries in their quest for freedom against the American occupational forces in Balangiga town in a week-long celebration from September 24-29, 2012. The highlight of the celebration was the re-enactment of the “Balangiga Encounter of 1901” which was performed during the commemorative program at the Municipal Auditorium, Balangiga, Eastern Samar on September 28, 2012.... Based on the article written by Ruben Matias from the Cultural Foundation “On September 28, 1901, Filipino patriots armed only with bladed weapons made a surprise attack on the superior armed American soldiers of the Company C on the Ninth Infantry Regiment of the US Army garrisoned in Balangiga, Samar and almost wiped out the entire Company. The Americans called it a “massacre” and “the bloodiest chapter in the history of the American Army in the Philippines.” The Filipinos depicted it as a fair armed encounter employing guerilla tactics which the American soldiers were not used to as they were inclined to the classic battle mode of standing your ground and shooting or charging the enemy and fighting hand-to-hand. Gen Vicente Lukban (named after the main Army camp of 8ID) called the incident as “Our Glorious Victory of Balangiga.”

http://www.samarnews.com/news2012/sep/c269.htm