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    The Battle of Mactan saw Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan lead a group of soldiers to confront Lapu-Lapu, the leader of Mactan island in the Philippines. Despite warnings not to engage in battle, Magellan divided his men into two groups to face over 1,500 native warriors. During the ensuing battle, the natives' arrows and spears overwhelmed the Spanish, with Magellan taking an arrow wound to the leg which disabled him. He was then attacked with cutlasses and spears and killed by the warriors of Lapu-Lapu. Magellan's men were forced to flee back to their boats without him, marking one of the first major defeats of Spanish colonial forces in

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    The Battle of Mactan saw Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan lead a group of soldiers to confront Lapu-Lapu, the leader of Mactan island in the Philippines. Despite warnings not to engage in battle, Magellan divided his men into two groups to face over 1,500 native warriors. During the ensuing battle, the natives' arrows and spears overwhelmed the Spanish, with Magellan taking an arrow wound to the leg which disabled him. He was then attacked with cutlasses and spears and killed by the warriors of Lapu-Lapu. Magellan's men were forced to flee back to their boats without him, marking one of the first major defeats of Spanish colonial forces in

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    The Battle of Mactan

    On Friday, April 26, Zula, the leader of the island of Matan, sent one of his sons to

    present the captain-general with two goats and promise to bring him all he had

    promised, but was unable to do so because Cilapulapu, the other chief, wouldn't allow it:

    follow the the Spanish king's instructions. In order for them to aid him and fight the other

    boss, he requested that the captain bring only one boatload of men the following

    evening. The commanding general decided to take three boats out there. They begged

    him repeatedly not to depart, but he resisted, acting like a good shepherd would.

    Along with some of the chief men, 60 of them left at midnight equipped with corselets

    and helmets. Three hours prior to daybreak, they landed in Matan. The captain didn't

    want a fight at that time, but he managed to persuade the locals that if they were willing

    to submit to the king of Spagnia, regard the Christian ruler as their sovereign, and give

    him their respect, he would be their friend; however, if they wanted anything else, they

    should be prepared to see their spears damaged.

    49 of them jumped into the water as daylight came, up to their thighs, and walked

    through it for several crossbow trips before they could reach the shore. There were

    particular rocks in the water that prevented the boats from approaching from that spot.

    The remaining eleven men remained to keep an eye on the boats. When they finally

    reached land, those men had divided into three groups, totaling more than 1500

    individuals. When they noticed them, two divisions on their flanks and the other on their

    front raced down on them while screaming extremely loudly.


    When the captain noticed this, he divided them into two divisions, and they started to

    battle. The musketeers and crossbowmen shot from a distance for about half-hour, but

    uselessly, for the shots only passed through the shields which were made of thin wood

    and the arms. The captain cried to them,“Ceasefiring!” “Cease firing!” But his order was

    not at all heeded.

    Seeing that, the captain-general sent some men to burn their houses in order to terrify

    them. When they saw their houses burning, they were aroused to greater fury. Two of

    their men were killed near the houses, while they burned 20 or 30 houses. So many of

    them charged down upon us that they shot the captain through the right leg with a

    poisoned arrow. The natives shot only at their legs, for the latter were bare; and so

    many were the spears and stones that they hurled at them, that they could offer no

    resistance.

    When the locals noticed that, they all rushed at him. He was struck in the leg by one of

    them using a heavy cutlass. The commander immediately fell to the ground face down,

    and they promptly attacked him with their cutlasses and iron and bamboo spears until

    they had him. They murdered their mirror, light, solace, and real compass. He

    repeatedly looked behind him after they wounded him to make sure everyone was in the

    boats. After seeing him dead, they fled as quickly as they could to the boats, which were

    already leaving the dock.

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