KATIPUNAN- NAGSABADO SA PASIG (Church of Pasig in the late 1890s/ Gen Valentin Cruz/Lt. Manuel B. Sityar). Nagsabado sa Pasig is the term use to describe and glorify the Katipunan action in Pasig in August 29, 1896-Saturday. It is also considered as one of the early victories for the Katipuneros in the opening battles of the Revolution. In the early weeks leading to that fateful day in August, the commander of the Pasig Spanish detachment in Pasig, Lt. Manuel B. Sityar had been noticing uncommon gatherings of men in the wee hours of the night in the areas of Pasig and Mandaluyong. But the rainy seasons had prevented him to investigate and learn more of this gatherings and in fact, one of the most important Katipunan meetings the Asamblea Magna May of the same year happened in Pasig. Beginning August of that year, the local Katipunan leader in Pasig Gen. Valentin Cruz had started sending secret feelers to the Katipuneros from different visitas or barrios around Pasig that uprising could happen soon. Andres Bonifacio and some members of the Kapitunan council at that time had seek refuge in the Morong area (Rizal Province) protected by the local Katipunan chapters of the great plains of Morong/Marikina-Pasig area..the so called Pantayanin. Arrest of suspected Katipunan members in Manila had already started in the last weeks of July after the discovery of Katipunan paraphernalia in a Manila printing shop . On Aug. 28, Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto went to Mandaluyong to confer with the Katipunan leaders and their men. The next morning, Bonifacio held another meeting. He told his men that it was now time to begin the uprising then asked if they were ready. When the men said yes, there was also this tearing of the cedula symbolizing the break with Spain etc. After that, General Cruz, and other Katipunan leaders traveled to their respective towns to alert their troops. In the faint light of dusk of August 29 1896, while Bonifacio was leading his men in the attack in Mandaluyong the sons of Pasig led by Valentin Cruz were at that same besieging the Spanish detachment in Pasig. Imminent Pasig historian Dean Carlos Tech describe the events as follows: Nightfall of Aug. 29, the men from the Pasig barrios of Pineda, Bagong Ilog and Ugong crossed the San Mateo River to Maybunga, where they joined the forces from Santolan, Rosario, Maybunga, Palatiw, Sagad, Poblacion, Pinagbuhatan, Bambang, Kalawaan, Buting and other barrios of Pasig. After some final battle instructions, the gallant sons of Pasig, armed with scythes, bolos, spears, a few guns and their determination to fight for freedom under the leadership of General Cruz, marched to attack the town. The townsfolk, who were in a fiesta mood, lined the streets, cheering their heroes on. (It was a precursor of the fiesta mood of the Edsa uprising 100 years later.) There were almost 2,000 of them, representing almost every family of Pasig, from all levels of society, in a show of unity against tyranny. At Plaza de Paz, now Plaza Rizal, a sniper in the church tower hit a man from Bagong Ilog who thus became the first Pasigueño to offer his life on the altar of freedom. The revolutionaries attacked the Tribunal and the Guardia Civil headquarters, in what is now the Guanio residence, capturing 17 de piston rifles and three Remingtons. Manuel Sityar, the Guardia Civil commander, hid in the church tower. It was a glorious night for Pasig, and the whole town rejoiced in that first victory of the revolution which the old folk remember as Nagsabado. A result of this first victory under the leadership of General Cruz was that he was later exiled to the Marianas.
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 02:45:30 +0000
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