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AFTER DEWEY\u2019S FORCES OCCUPIED THE ARSENAL, MAJOR LADISLAO JOSE OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES PROCURED AND USED IT AT MAYTUBIG TO BOM-BARD THE SPANIARDS\u2019 MUNITION DEPOT AT FORT SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEFENDED BY A GARRISON UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL ARIZMENDI.AFTER THE CAPTURE OF MANILA, GENERAL MARIANO NORIEL OF THE PHILIPPINE REVOLUTIONARY FORCES USED IT AT THE BATTLE OF ZA-POTE WHERE IT WAS CAPTURED AND BROKEN BY THE AMERICANS. IN 1936, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR PRESERVATION. 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