Battle of Bayang

Battle of Bayang
	Part of the Moro Rebellion
Date	May 2–3, 1902
Location	Near Malabang, South of Lanao Lake, Mindanao
Result	American victory Beginning of the Moro Rebellion;
Belligerents
United States	Sultanates of Lanao
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Frank D. Baldwin	Sultan Pandapatan
Strength
1,200 men; 4 mountain guns	About 600 Maranao warriors; 2 forts
Casualties and losses
11 killed; 42 wounded	400–500 killed; 9 captured; 39 escaped

The Battle of Bayang (Maranao: Padang Karbala^[2]) was the first major engagement of the Moro Rebellion.^[1]^: 38 It was a punitive expedition led by Colonel Frank D. Baldwin in retaliation for murders committed by Moros in Malabang and Parang on the island of Mindanao.^[1]^: 27 Col. Baldwin led seven companies of the 27th Infantry and the 25th Battery Light Artillery against the Moros on the south shore of Lake Lanao, the village of Bayang in particular.^[1]^: 28 The Americans took Fort Pandapatan and the fort of Datu of Binadayan, killing the Sultan of Bayang in the process.^[1]^: 32, 37

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Arnold, J.R., 2011, The Moro War, New York: Bloomsbury Press, ISBN 9781608190249
^ "Lawmaker proposes annual commemoration of 'Battle of Bayang' in BARMM". Bangsamoro Information Office. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[Arnold-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Arnold, J.R., 2011, The Moro War, New York: Bloomsbury Press, ISBN 9781608190249

[lawmaker-2] "Lawmaker proposes annual commemoration of 'Battle of Bayang' in BARMM". Bangsamoro Information Office. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

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