The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine–American_War" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippine–American War">Philippine–American War</a> begins when four Filipino soldiers enter the "American Zone" in Manila, igniting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Manila_(1899)" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Manila (1899)">Battle of Manila</a>.<sup about="#mwt73" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_4#cite_note-12" id="mwkA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwkQ">[12]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"><cite about="#mwt70" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFNickeson2009">Nickeson, Dawn Ottevaere (2009). "Philippine Islands, U.S. Acquisition of". In Tucker, Spencer (ed.). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8V3vZxOmHssC" id="mwBjc" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBjg">The Encyclopedia of the Spanish–American and Philippine–American Wars: A Political, Social, and Military History</i></a>. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p.<span id="mwBjk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>491. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBjo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBjs" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9781851099511" id="mwBjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9781851099511"><bdi id="mwBj0">9781851099511</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt70" class="Z3988" id="mwBj4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Philippine+Islands%2C+U.S.+Acquisition+of&amp;rft.btitle=The+Encyclopedia+of+the+Spanish%E2%80%93American+and+Philippine%E2%80%93American+Wars%3A+A+Political%2C+Social%2C+and+Military+History&amp;rft.place=Santa+Barbara%2C+Calif.&amp;rft.pages=491&amp;rft.pub=ABC-CLIO&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft.isbn=9781851099511&amp;rft.aulast=Nickeson&amp;rft.aufirst=Dawn+Ottevaere&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8V3vZxOmHssC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+4"></span></span>