1582 Cagayan battles

1582 Cagayan battles
Date 1582 Location Cagayan, Luzon, Philippines Result Spanish victory
Belligerents
Spanish Empire New Spain Spanish Philippines	Wokou
Commanders and leaders
Juan Pablo de Carrión Pedro Lucas  †	Tay Fusa[1]
Strength
60 soldiers (not including Philippine native recruits) 20 sailors[2] 1 galleon 5 small vessels 1 light vessel[1]	1 junk 18 sampans <1000 Wako pirates[1]
Casualties and losses
10–20 (not counting native recruits) casualties[1]	estimated hundreds of casualties[1]

The 1582 Cagayan battles were a series of clashes between the forces of the Spanish Philippines led by Captain Juan Pablo de Carrión and wokou (possibly led by Japanese pirates) headed by Tay Fusa. These battles, which took place in the vicinity of the Cagayan River, finally resulted in a Spanish victory.^{[3]A[1][4][5][6]B}

This event is a recorded battle between European soldiers and sailors against Japanese pirates,^[1][6] which followed similar events like the battles of Manila and Fukuda Bay. The clash pitted Spanish musketeers, pikemen, rodeleros and sailors assisted by allied native warriors against a larger group of Japanese, Chinese and likely native Filipino pirates made up of rōnin, soldiers, fishermen, and merchants (smugglers and legitimate).^[7] The pirates had a large junk, and 18 sampans which are flat bottomed, wooden fishing boats.^[8]