Bongao blockhouse
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Visual materialSubject(s): 1923
| Provinces and cities | Jolo, Sulu | 1923 | cloman | jolo | mindanao | myself and a few moros | spaniards | sulu | tawi-tawi | thatched housesOnline resources: View in Retrato website | View photo (midsize) | View photo (thumbnail) With printsSource: Sydney A. Cloman. Myself and a Few Moros. 1923. 12Collection: Filipinas Heritage LibraryImage type: Reproduction: PhotographMedia format: With printsCaption: The Block House and Steamer Landing at Jolo At Bongao, Colonel Cloman found a similar block house to the one shown here, into which the Spaniards who preceded him on the island had been accustomed to retire each evening, leaving the natives to their "harmless" pastime of firing at its impervious walls. Colonel Cloman, however, decided not to adopt such tactics, and from the first kept his men in small thatched houses which they built.
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Filipinas Heritage Library | Retrato - Geographical File | GE01365 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | GE01365 |
Sydney A. Cloman. Myself and a Few Moros. 1923. 12.
The Block House and Steamer Landing at Jolo At Bongao, Colonel Cloman found a similar block house to the one shown here, into which the Spaniards who preceded him on the island had been accustomed to retire each evening, leaving the natives to their "harmless" pastime of firing at its impervious walls. Colonel Cloman, however, decided not to adopt such tactics, and from the first kept his men in small thatched houses which they built.
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