Not mentioned in 1898 reports, as it was probably already abandoned by the Spanish. Camp Vicars Vigan (1899 - 1903) [5](pp32–44), The construction of Fort Santiago with hard stone, together with the original fortified walls of Intramuros, commenced in 1590 and finished in 1593 during the reign of Gómez Pérez Dasmariñas. This fort of rubble and mortar survived to the post war period. (NOTE: Cavite is pronounced cav-EE'-tee). Camp Eldridge, located at Calamba or Los Baños. The Japanese reclaimed three 3-inch guns from Fort Drum and Fort Hughes and emplaced them in the searchlight tunnels in Malinta Hill.

Built as part of the campaign to consolidate Spanish presence in Cotabato, the fort commanded a navigable stretch of Rio Grande de Mindanao (Pulangi), which was the terminus of a regular riverboat service.

NOTE: The Philippines were ruled by Spain (1565 - 1898), Great Britain (mainly just Manila) (1762 - 1764), the U.S. (1898 - 1942), occupied by Japan (1942 - 1945), and governed by the U.S. again (1945 - 1946). Bacolod (1899 - 1903) Spanish batteries (four 15cm Ordonez Hontoria BLR guns) were originally located around Subic Bay. The grounds were then transformed into a golf course. Seventeen more were located along the shoreline for beach defense, as well as a number of 37mm guns.

MINDORO: It is located in Intramuros, the old walled city.The British occupied the city from 1762 to 1764. Battery Warwick's two guns, as well as the four remaining 3-inch guns were transferred to the State of Washington (to Forts Casey and Flagler) in the 1960's.

Spanish forts in the Philippines were created for warfare and military bases.

(1898 - 1942), various locations The Spaniards started building Fort Santiago (Fuerte de Santiago) after the establishment of the city of Manila under Spanish rule on June 24, 1571, and made Manila the capital of the newly colonized islands. A Spanish two-gun battery (4.7-inch Armstrong QF BLR from the gunboat Lezo) was located here in 1898.

From ancient times to modern times, forts. Cavite Navy Yard | Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the beginning of the nineteenth century.

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¤¤ Fort Wint The fortifications were also used during the American and Japanese occupation eras. (Corregidor Philippine National Shrine) The camp was used by the Philippine Scouts to guard the convict labor used to build the military structures. Silanguin Fort The south front, which looks toward the city, is a curtain with a terreplein, flanked by two demi-bastions - the Bastion of San Fernando, on the riverside, and the Bastion of San Miguel, by the bayside. ¤ Fort Hughes Lingayen (1900 - 1903) Fort Santiago | SULU: After some difficult negotiations with the taxi cab manager at the airport, I was on my way to see Fort Santiago. [3], The 22-foot (6.7 m) high walls, with a thickness of 8 feet (2.4 m) are pierced for the necessary communications. The Intramuros Administration now manages the reconstruction, maintenance, and management of the fort since 1992. The defense fortress is located in Intramuros, the walled city of Manila. Vol. The latter is united with a tower of the same height as the walls, through which there is a descent to the water battery placed upon a semicircular platform, thus completing the triangular form of the fort.