Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Chero zvazvingava, "Zafiro" yakabva kuHong Kong nechikwata chaDewey muna April 1898 uye yakashanda pamwe chete nechikepe ichi sechikepe chinotakura marasha uye chinotakura zvinhu munguva 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 kweuto reUnited States kwekumukira kwePhilippine
uye hondo dzokurwisa vanhu vorudzi rwechiMuslim rweMoro dzakamutora kuenda kunzvimbo dzakawanda dzinoshamisa, uye kureba nokupamhama kwezvitsuwa.