Nyorai kupfuurira nokuda kweiyi ndima - Mukubatira kwayo muhondo
, 5th Infantry Regiment yakanga ichitevera zvakasimba mauto ePhilippine Republican Army. Makambani nemapoka akasiyana-siyana evarwi akafamba makiromita anopfuura 15 426 uye akabatanidzwa mumakwikwi makumi matatu nemasere uye zviito zviduku vasati vapedza kurwa muna July, 1902. Munzvimbo dzaidzorwa neAmerica, zvakava zvakafanira kuti mauto atarisire mutemo. Sigerfoos akashanda semutongi-gweta pamakomisheni ehondo akati wandei mugore rose ra1901. Rimwe dare rakadaro rakaungana muVigan, muruwa rweIlocos Sur muLuzon, muna June. Dare racho rakatonga Noverto Pré, mukuru mukuru wehondo anopandukira nokuda kwe"kuuraya mukuputsa mitemo netsika dzehondo". Akatongerwa "kurovererwa pamutsipa kusvikira... afa", mutongo waPré wakashandurwa kuva makore gumi namashanu ebasa rakaoma mutorongo muManila. Nyaya iyi, pamwe chete nedzimwe nyaya pfumbamwe dzokuponda umo Sigerfoos akashanda somutongi-gweta, yakabudiswa muchirambidzo chakakura neDhipatimendi reHondo mukupindura kupomerwa kuti mauto eUnited States akanga achiita utsinye pamusoro pevaPhilippines munguva yehondo. Dhipatimendi reHondo rakati kupomerwa kwacho "kwakanga kusina hwaro kana kuti kwakanyanyisa".