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5th Malabon Battalion

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The Fifth Malabon Battalion (Batallón Malabón Número Cinco in Spanish) was a military unit within the Philippine Republican Army, composed of enlisted Filipino soldiers from San Francisco de Malabon (currently General Trias), Cavite.

It was stationed in the First Zone of Manila in early 1899, under the command of General Mariano Noriel and Colonel Juan Cailles and saw action in the Battle of Manila in 1899.[1]

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  1. ^ Taylor, John R.M., ed. (1907), Compilation of Philippine Insurgent Records, Combined Arms Research Library, originally from War Department, Bureau of Insular Affairs, retrieved June 3, 2024