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| Battle of Sapong Hills | |||||||
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| Part of the Philippine Revolution | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 First Philippine Republic |
 Spanish Empire | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Teresa Magbanua |
Primo de Rivera | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1,000 men | 400-450 infantry | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 43 killed | 106 killed, hundreds more wounded | ||||||
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The Battle of Sapong Hills (Filipino: Labanan sa mga burol ng Sapong, Hiligaynon: Gubat sang Pukadtod sang Sapong, Spanish: Batalla de las colinas de Sapong) was fought in Sara, Iloilo province, between the forces of Spanish colonial government and Visayan revolutionaries led by the "female General" Teresa Magbanua. The Filipino revolutionaries decisively won the battle, and in this battle where Teresa herself was considered the "Visayan Joan of Arc".