Battles of Binakayan-Dalahican[edit]

Main article: Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican

Alarmed by previous siege, led by General Aguinaldo in Imus, in September 1896, Governor-
General Ramón Blanco y Erenas ordered the 4th Battalion of Cazadores from Spain to aid him in
quelling the rebellion in Cavite. On November 3, 1896, the battalion arrived carrying a squadron of
1,328 men and some 55 officers.[20] Also, Blanco ordered about 8,000 men who recently came
from Cuba and Spain to join in suppressing the rebellion. Prior to the land attacks, Spanish naval
raids were conducted on the shores of Cavite, where cannons bombarded the revolutionary
fortifications in Bacoor, Noveleta, Binakayan, and Cavite Viejo. The most fortified locations in
Noveleta were the Dalahican and Dagatan shores, defended by Magdiwang soldiers commanded by
General Santiago Alvarez, and the adjacent fishing village of Binakayan in Kawit was fortified
by Magdalo under General Emilio Aguinaldo. Spanish naval operations were determined to crush
the fortifications in these areas, mainly because the lake around Dalahican was strategic by
connecting to the interior of Cavite. Apart from defending Binakayan, the Magdalo soldiers also kept
the lower part of Dagatan up to Cavite's border near Morong Province (now Rizal Province).
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 Between the towns of Binakayan and Dalahican, the Spanish forces lost decisively since the
Filipino rebels, led by Aguinaldo and Alvarez, routed them back to Cavite City in which the remaining
Spanish troops would eventually surrender. The successful defenses of Binakayan and Dalahican
was considered to be the first major victory of the Filipinos over a colonial power