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The conflict in the Pacific was one-sided. At the declaration of war, Commodore Dewey, commander of America's Asiatic Squadron based in Hong Kong was ordered to race his six ships to the Philippines. He arrived at Manila Bay on May 1 and found the obsolete Spanish fleet anchored in the bay. It was a one-sided battle.
10 The Philippine-American War August 14 in the church of San Augustine, the Spanish formally yielded control of Manila tothe Americans. Blocked from entering the city, Aguinaldo and his followers rendezvoused ina monastery north of Manila to establish a sovereign government, independent of the UnitedStates.