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2 Miguel Malvar Magazine
2 Miguel Malvar Magazine
Bago pa man hirangin bilang Heneral, Si Malvar ay isang ng Katipunero bago pa man
sumiklab ang Rebolusyong Pilipino. When the Revolution began by August 1896, he emerged
from a leader of a 70-man army to being the military commander of Batangas. As military
commander, he coordinated offensives with General Emilio Aguinaldo, leader of the
revolutionaries in Cavite and General Paciano Rizal, leader of the revolutionaries in Laguna.[1]
He once fought alongside General Edilberto Evangelista, Malvar's senior officer at the time, at
the Battle of Zapote Bridge, where the former died in battle.
That was February 17, 1897. Succeeding Evangelista's generalship, Malvar had set up
his own headquarters at Indang, Cavite where he stayed until the Tejeros Convention.[1]
On August 9, 1897, Paterno proposed a peace based on reforms and amnesty to Aguinaldo. In
succeeding months, practicing shuttle diplomacy, Paterno traveled back and forth between
Manila and Biak-na-Bato carrying proposals and counterproposals. Paterno's efforts led to a
peace agreement called the Pact of Biak-na-Bato. This consisted of three documents, the first
two being signed on December 14, 1897, and the third being signed on December 15;
effectively ending the Republic of Biak-na-Bato.[8]
Malvar, along with other generals like Mariano Trías, Paciano Rizal, Manuel Tinio and Artemio
Ricarte, was opposed to the pact, believing it was a ruse of the Spanish to get rid of the
Revolution easily, and therefore resumed military offensives. Aguinaldo, seeing the stiff
resistance of Malvar and his sympathizers, issued a circular ordering the revolutionary generals
to stop fighting. On January 6, 1898, Malvar ceased his offensives.[1]
DIGMAANG PILIPINO-AMERIKANO
When the Philippine-American War broke out on Feb. 4, 1899, Malvar met with General
Antonio Luna, to plan out offensives and stop the advancing US forces. Their plan to retake
Manila, however, was foiled due to the pigheadedness of Capt. Pedro Jamolino, Aguinaldo’s
ally who refused to follow Luna’s command. Malvar’s 3,000-strong brigade, along with the
Banahaw battalion led by Sebastian Caneo, launched offensives against the Americans in
Muntinglupa. They later prevented US troops from docking in Laguna de Bay. The American
troops eventually succeeded to dock and enter Calamba, Laguna, but Malvar led battles of
attrition against them, from August to December 1899. Although the revolutionaries failed to
retake Calamba, they inflicted a major damage on the Americans, who died by the hundreds
from malaria and other illnesses.
The Miguel Malvar class corvette, named after Malvar, is a ship class of patrol corvettes of
the Philippine Navy, and are currently its oldest class of corvettes.
Extra Mile Productions conducted the General Miguel Malvar Essay Writing Contest in
commemoration of the 100th Death Anniversary of General Miguel Malvar.[13]
Malvar, Batangas, a second class municipality in the Philippines, was named after him.
In 2015, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines will open a museum in Santo
Tomas to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Malvar’s birthday on September 27.[14]
In 2015, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) released the 10-peso commemorative coin in
honor of Malvar's 150th birth anniversary.[15]