Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chero zvazvingava, "Zafiro" yakabva kuHong Kong nechikwata chaDewey muna April 1898 uye yakashanda pamwe chete nayo sechikepe chinotakura zvinhu uye chinotakura zvinhu panguva yeHondo yeManila Bay uye mushandirapamwe wePhilippines wakatevera. Kushaikwa kwemagwaro anofukidza mabasa ake muna 1898 nehafu yekutanga ya1899 kunodzivisa rondedzero ipi neipi yakadzama yenguva iyoyo. Zvingangodaro kuti ngarava iyi yaifamba nemumvura yePhilippine Islands ichitakura mauto, zvinhu, uye zvinhu zvaibva kune imwe nzvimbo kuenda kune imwe. Yakagadzirirwa paCavite paLuzon, inozivikanwa kuti yakaita mabasa akadaro munguva inobva muna July 1899 <unk> June 1904. Aya mafambiro mukutsigira kudzvinyirirwa kweUnited States Army kwe
Kumukira kwePhilippine nemishandirapamwe yokurwisa vanhu vorudzi rwechiMuslim rweMoro kwakamuendesa kunzvimbo dzakawanda dzinoshamisa, uye kureba nokupamhamha kwezvitsuwa.