On September 2, 1896, "Unang Sigaw ng Nueva Ecija" (Cry of Nueva Ecija) culminated in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija at the behest of Gobernadorcillos Mariano Llanera (Cabiao) and Pantaleon Valmonte (Gapan). The attack was premeditated in Sitio Pulu---about 5 kilometers away from San Isidro.
More than 3,000 combined troops of Llanera, Valmonte and Tinio rallied against the Spanish colony despite meager armory in San Isidro. The siege led to battles and active revolt for 4 days in September 1896. On the first day, Spanish Commander Machorro was killed while defending Casa Tribunal in San Isidro.
San Isidro was once declared the capital of the Philippines by Emilio Aguinaldo during the Philippine-American War after Malolos was under siege by the Americans in 1899.
During the campaign against the colonizers, the revolutionaries were accompanied by the Cabiao Brass Band aka "Banda Makabayan de Cabiao" in the battle.
However, the Spaniards launched all-out retaliation against Filipino insurgents forcing the revolutionaries to retreat to the hinterlands. Later, Llanera and Tinio transformed into guerillas while reinforcing their group.
With this act of heroism and monumental resiliency against the Spaniards, Nueva Ecija was sewn on our national flag as one of the guiding rays of the sun.
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