Battle of Bayang

Battle of Bayang
Part of the Moro Rebellion
DateMay 2–3, 1902
Location
Near Malabang, South of Lanao Lake, Mindanao
Result

American victory

Belligerents
 United States Sultanates of Lanao
Commanders and leaders
Colonel Frank D. Baldwin Sultan Pandapatan
Strength
1,200 men
4 mountain guns[1]: 30 
About 600 Maranao warriors
2 forts[1]: 33 
Casualties and losses
11 killed
42 wounded[1]: 38 
400–500 killed
9 captured
39 escaped[1]: 38 

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 

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