OLISA Matuluko Descendants

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KENYA has two TRIBES only. The rest are Sub tribes or Minorities

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The Siege of Baler was one of the most remarkable last stands in military history, lasting 337 days from July 1, 1898, to June 2, 1899.

A 50-man Spanish garrison, led by Captain Enrique de las Morenas, fortified the stone church of San Luís de Tolosa in Baler, on the eastern coast of Luzon in the Philippines.

Filipino revolutionary forces surrounded the church and cut off all outside communication, trapping the Spanish defenders inside.

The defenders endured brutal conditions inside the cramped, humid church walls, including dwindling food supplies, disease, and constant rifle fire from surrounding Filipino troops.

Beriberi, dysentery, and fever killed far more men than enemy bullets, and by November 1898, Captain de las Morenas himself had died from illness, passing command to Lieutenant Saturnino Martín Cerezo.

The Spanish–American War had officially ended in December 1898 with the Treaty of Paris, transferring the Philippines from Spain to the United States, but Cerezo's garrison remained completely unaware.

Filipino commanders repeatedly tried to inform the Spanish that the war was over, delivering newspapers and sending emissaries under flags of truce, but Cerezo dismissed each attempt as a deception.

It was not until late May 1899, when a newspaper article referenced details only he could verify as genuine, that Cerezo finally accepted the truth and surrendered on June 2, 1899.

Of the original 50 men, only around 30 survived the eleven-month ordeal.

Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo honored the survivors, calling their defense an epic worthy of Spain's greatest legendary heroes.

The survivors returned to Spain as national heroes and were received with honors in Barcelona.

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Spain spent 333 years ruling the Philippines. They never conquered Mindanao. The Moro sultanates fought back every expedition — on water, in the mountains, and in the rivers Spain could never fully navigate. America tried after them. Same result for decades. The south was never surrendered. It was only occupied — and only partially. That history never makes it into the textbooks. ⚔️

Drop a Like if this is the Philippines they never taught you. Tag a Mindanawon who carries this history. Follow Philippines Raw. Filipino history, unfiltered.

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The "Door of No Return" standing elegant in Ouidah, Republic of Benin 🇧🇯