. . "Battle of Manila"@en . . "Philippine Republic" . . . "US victory" . "8,000 in Manila" . . . "204 wounded" . "11,000 outer defenses" . "15,000Filipino troops" . . "55 killed" . "The Battle of Manila, the first and largest battle fought during the Philippine\u2013American War, was fought on February 4 and 5 1899 between 19,000 Americans and 15,000 Filipinos. Armed conflict broke out when American troops, under orders to turn away insurgents from their encampment, fired upon an encroaching group of Filipinos. Philippine President Emilio Aguinaldo attempted to broker a ceasefire, but American General Elwell Stephen Otis rejected it and fighting escalated the next day."@en . "19,000United States troops" . .