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Camilo García de Polavieja

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and 700 in the rest of the archipelago. Native mercenaries numbered around 6,000. By January 1897, a total of 25,462 officers and men had arrived from Spain. Polavieja had an available force of over 12,000 men to suppress the rebels in Luzon alone. On February 13, 1897, he opened his first phase, the
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As soon as he took over, he implemented many policies to curb corruption and improve the bureaucracy. He began repression in the form of deportations accompanied by promises of pardons and trials, many of these ending in capital punishment. Under Polavieja's direction, military operations began as
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when he resigned, owing to disagreements with superiors in Madrid and his bad health. He did, however, disperse every major rebel contingent in Cavite. Around 4,000 rebels died in jails of Manila.
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When the Philippine revolution broke out in August 1896, Polavieja was appointed second corporal and served as Blanco's second-in-command. However, his partnership with Blanco did not last long.
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He enlisted voluntarily in the Navarro Regiment in 1855, where he distinguished himself in Africa. He received the Cross of Isabelle Maria Lucia for gallantry. He then took part in the
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Cavite campaign. Polavieja advanced against the revolutionaries with 16,000 men armed with Spanish M93s, and one field battery. They were led by General
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inspired Philippine insurgents to revolt as well. Being the last important colony under control of Spain, the Spanish government tried to contain the
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He was Colonel of the Princess Regiment and promoted to brigadier general in 1876 before being sent to
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general, born in a family of merchants. He was a competent commander, but considered as brutal as
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soon as reinforcements arrived, and they actively pursued the rebels in their mountain bases.
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notes that Polavieja was installed with the help of powerful Spanish friars including the
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Polavieja faced condemnation by his countrymen after his return to Spain. While visiting
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of Cuba. He was one of the most relevant military officers of the time and a famous
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An unwanted war: the diplomacy of the United States and Spain over Cuba, 1895–1898
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Camilo García de Polavieja y del Castillo-Negrete, 1st Marquess of Polavieja
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Spanish military personnel of the Third Carlist War (Governmental faction)
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on December 30, 1896. Twenty four more people were executed with Rizal.
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Hacer las Américas. Las elites coloniales españolas en el siglo XIX
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to Blanco's second-in-command, lieutenant general Polavieja. The
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Bahamonde Magro, Ángel y Cayuela Fernández, José Gregorio,
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Index

Spanish name
surname
The Most Excellent

Kaulak
Governor-General of the Philippines
Alfonso XIII
Ramón Blanco y Erenas
José de Lachambre
Governor of Cuba
Alfonso XIII
Governor of Puerto Rico
Alfonso XIII
Madrid
Kingdom of Spain

Third Carlist War
Ten Years' War
Philippine Revolution
Spanish
Valeriano Weyler
regeneracionista
Ten Years' War
Cuba
Spain
Third Carlist War
Cuba
Cross of Military Merit
captain general
Andalusia

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