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LUKBAN
Chapter 9
Lukban ’ s Capture

General Emilio Aguinaldo ’ s capture on March 23 , 1901 by American General Frederick Funston started a domino-like effect on the other generals of the Philippine revolution .

On March 29 , 1901 , General Nicolas Capistrano , commander of Filipino guerrilla forces in northern Mindanao Island , surrendered in Sumilao , Bukidnon province followed by Gen . Licerio Geronimo the next day in San Mateo , Morong , a day after the fall of Geronimo ,
General Ludovico Arejola gave up in Camarines . On April 17 , 1901 , Col . Maximo Abad turned himself in to the Americans in Marinduque .
From April 19 , 1901 when Aguinaldo issued calls to lay down their arms , 11 more field commanders of the Philippine revolution surrendered , starting with Gen . Isidoro Torres of Bulacan on April 24 , 1901 to General Arcadio Maxilom in Cebu on October 27 , 1901 . That year seems to have been marked in Philippine history as the year of surrender to American rule . 1 Hundreds of thousands Filipino lives were lost , most of them civilians who were caught in the crossfire or purposely done in to make the leaders give up . Many of the revolutionary leaders , who belonged to the illustrado class , wanted to retire in peace , finding no purpose in further pursuing war as an instrument to reach their political aims .
But Gen . Vicente Lukban of Samar was too far away and too engrossed in his own guerrilla war to be caught in the whirlwind of surrenders . He too was offered tempting terms of surrender a number of times , such as the governorship of the province and other privileges , none of which made headway in his stubborn skull . According to this enemies , “ He may have had another reason for continuing to resist . He had been at Biaknabato , and it is possible that the efforts to make him surrender had made him believe that he was so important that if he held out a little longer and increase his military activity , the Americans would consider it worthwhile to offer him a handsome sum in return for peace in Samar . It is true that no statement to this effect appears in the
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