Cry of Nueva Ecija
The first Cry of Nueva Ecija (Filipino: Sigaw ng Nueva Ecija; Spanish: Grito de Nueva Écija) occurred on September 2–5, 1896, in the province of Nueva Ecija, in the Philippines under Spanish rule. It followed shortly after the Cry of Pugad Lawin and was the first call for revolution in central Luzon. Roughly 3,000 volunteers were led by Mariano Llanera and Pantaleon Valmonte (the Gobernadorcillos of Cabiao and Gapan, respectively). They marched towards San Isidro, the provincial capital, where after fighting several battles with the Spanish forces, their army was finally forced to retreat and to undertake guerrilla warfare. Tyranny of Spain In response to Spanish oppression, the formation of the Katipunan, the Cry of Pugad Lawin, of August 1896, and the repression that followed, Mariano Llanera led about 700 men from Cabiao, while Pantaleon Valmonte led troops from Gapan. Manuel Tinio, Colonel Alipio Tecson, and their men also joined the combined forces of Llanera and Valmonte. With the people of the neighboring towns of Arayat, Deliquente (San Antonio), and Jaen, this force numbered three thousand Filipino revolutionaries, and it prepared to seize the provincial capital of San Isidro. Although the force numbered 3,000, it was only possessed of about