On August 12, 1898, American forces captured Manila during the Battle of Manila and on August 14, 1898 established the United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands. Within 6 months the Philippine–American War started and culminated in the 1899 Battle of Manila between American and Filipino forces. Superior American technology drove Filipino troops away from the city, and President Emilio Aguinaldo’s government moved from one place to another as the military situation escalated. On November 13, 1899, Emilio Aguinaldo disbanded the regular Filipino army and decreed that guerrilla war would henceforth be the strategy. Aguinaldo led the resistance against the Americans but retreated to Northern Luzon.
On Friday, March 23, 1901, the American Army pretending to be Filipino reinforcements arrived at the camp of Emilio Aguinaldo in Palanan, Isabela. They arrested Aguinaldo and brought him back to Manila where he was presented to General Arthur MacArthur (the father of Douglas MacArthur), commander of the American Forces.
From: Honor in the Dust – War in the Philippines by Gregg Jones
