Editing Emilio Aguinaldo (section)

===Return to the Philippines===
[[File:Flag of the Philippines (1898–1901).svg|thumb|Flag of the [[First Philippine Republic]] 1898–1901.]]
[[File:Philippines Aguinaldo flag (obverse).svg|thumb|Aguinaldo's Revolutionary Flag ([[obverse]]).]]
[[File:Philippines Aguinaldo flag (reverse).svg|thumb|Aguinaldo's Revolutionary Flag (reverse).]]
On April 25, the [[Spanish–American War]] began. The war mostly focused on Cuba, but the [[US Navy]]'s [[Asiatic Squadron]] was in Hong Kong and, commanded by [[Commodore (USN)|Commodore]] [[George Dewey]], it sailed for the Philippines. On May 1, 1898, in the [[Battle of Manila Bay]], the squadron engaged attacked and destroyed the Spanish Army and Navy's Pacific Squadron and proceeded to blockade Manila.{{sfn|Zaide|1999|pp=255–256}} Several days later, Dewey agreed to transport Aguinaldo from Hong Kong to the Philippines aboard the [[USS McCulloch (1897)|USS ''McCulloch'']], which left Hong Kong with Aguinaldo on May 16 and arrived in Cavite on May 19.{{sfn|Agoncillo|1990|p=157}} Aguinaldo promptly resumed the command of revolutionary forces and besieged Manila.{{sfn|Zaide|1999|pp=256–257}}