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Battle of Sapong Hills

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1,000 bolomen and irregulars
  
400-450 infantry

43 killed
  
106 killed, hundreds more wounded

The Battle of Sapong Hills was fought in Sara, Iloilo province, between the forces of Spanish colonial government and Ilonggo Katipuneros led by the Visayan "female General" Teresa Magbanua. The Katipuneros decisively won the battle, and in this battle where Teresa herself was considered the "Visayan Joan of Arc".

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