Mascardo had long wanted to resign as field commander to avoid any conflict with Luna, his superior, whom he bested in a suit for the hand of a beauteous Pampanga girl. Calumpit is sprawled over an area of 5,625 has. Major casualties resulted from the battle, including the deaths of King Théoden and the Witch-king of Angmar. During April 23-24, General del Pilar was left to fight the Americans; he threw down a section of the railway bridge. Gen. Albert M. Jones, Commander, South Luzon Force during the action at Baliuag, pictured days later on Bataan, 10 January 1942. It was a two-part battle. She helped minister to sick and wounded Filipino soldiers. Col. Frederick Funston, along with 6 men, crawled across the ironwork of the bridge under heavy fire.
After taking Quingua (now Plaridel), Calumpit, only 8 kms. A bitter fight ensued. ]In 1949, the two military facilities were combined and renamed Clark Air Base. This division had recently been strengthened by the return from the Cagayan valley of about 1,000 of its men, drawn largely from the 12th and 13th Infantry Regiments. The regiment was to retire along the Magalang road through Mexico and San Fernando to Guagua, about fifteen miles from Bataan.While the 11th Infantry was preparing to move, an enemy force estimated as a reinforced battalion of infantry with artillery support was pushing south along the Magalang road from Concepcion. On May 12, 1899, he turned over his Angeles-Magalang Line Command to General Venancio Concepcion while he recuperated in Bayambang, Pangasinan Province. The 2d Battalion, 11th Infantry, was posted across the Magalang road, a few miles north of the town and directly in the path of a Japanese advance from Concepcion.
In 1919, a US Army air force base, Clark Field, was carved out of Fort Stotsenberg. Heavily laden with dynamite charges for rapid demolition and protected by only two gun batteries of the 200th Coast Artillery (AA), the bridges were extremely vulnerable to air attack.The Japanese failed to take advantage of this opportunity for a decisive blow from the air. This was a factor why Calumpit became a progressive place during that period. Flex lang namin ang m... ga bago naming mga pambato, sing-sarap din ng classic garlic at hamonado longganisa namin pero skinless naman! Jones then ordered Stevens to stop the 71st and put it in position west of Plaridel, along the road leading to Calumpit. She was one of the well-educated women of her time, fluent in Spanish and an accomplished pianist.
From Calumpit north to San Fernando, and from there south to Bataan, the road was packed with a "solid stream of traffic," military and civilian.where the vehicles were lined up almost bumper to bumper. Not only did the South Luzon Force have to pass through it before turning southwest to Bataan, but almost the entire North Luzon Force would funnel through that town also.Thirty-five miles northwest of Manila, and strategically second in importance only to the capital, San Fernando is an important road and rail junction. But by then, it was too late to save Calumpit from the advancing Americans. Gen. Irving Hale led two battalions of the 51st Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment and assaulted San Fernando, Pampanga Province. Deeply concerned over the effect of an attack on the untried 51st Infantry, Jones ordered two platoons of Company C, 192d Tank Battalion, to cross the river and attack the enemy concentration at the east end of Baliuag. At Angeles, midway between Bamban and San Fernando, it would leave Route 3 and follow Route 74 to Bataan. The Americans were forced to withdraw to a defensive position. The retirement began at 0400, 1 January. By 0200 of the 2d the regiment had reached Guagua. The other Filipinos fled toward Apalit station. The Pampanga and the Quingua rivers served as the arteries through which the goods coming in and out of Calumpit passed. When at 0300 the 1st Brigade (PC) cleared the Calumpit bridge General Jones sent his chief of staff to Plaridel with orders for the 51st to withdraw immediately. Swarms of Filipino troops began to attack from different directions. The During the day the Japanese made numerous attempts to push a force across the swiftly flowing Pampanga, but to no avail.rejoined the 21st Division at Porac on the morning of 2 January. The tanks were to be supported by about a half dozen of Colonel Babcock's 75-mm. Arayat to Mexico and San Fernando to join the others retreating down Route 7.
"For his actions at Calumpit, Funston was rewarded with a promotion and along with 1Lt William Trembley and Cpl Edward White, earned the Medal of Honor.When the Americans were about to assault Calumpit, Antonio Luna ordered reinforcements from Gen. Tomas Mascardo in Guagua, Pampanga but the latter carried out the order tardily and grudgingly. This was achieved on March 31, amidst token resistance by about 5,000 Filipinos. There are 9 bosses in the raid. Agustin Samson Memorial United Methodist Church (Barangay Gugo) Battle of Calumpit Battle of Tirad Pass † Gregorio Hilario del Pilar y Sempio (November 14, 1875 – December 2, 1899) was a Filipino general of the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine–American War . The enemy troops were part of the At division headquarters reports of Japanese troop movements south from Tarlac to Bamban had been received earlier in the day, one scout noting "that one of our own tanks was being driven around Tarlac to the hilarity of the enemy troops. The two infantry regiments and the engineers left in buses around 1400, but the artillery regiment remained behind.At about this time General Wainwright arrived at Jones's command post in the Plaridel schoolhouse.