Battle of Bayang

Battle of Bayang
Part of the Moro Rebellion
DateMay 2–3, 1902
Location
Sultan Pandapatan, Bayang, Lanao, Near Malabang, South of Lake Lanao, 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: 30 		 About 600 Maranao warriors
2 forts: 33 
Casualties and losses
18 killed
42 wounded: 38 		 400–500 killed
9 captured
39 escaped: 38 

The Battle of Bayang (Maranao: Padang Karbala) was the first major engagement of the Moro Rebellion.: 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.: 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.: 28  The Americans took Fort Pandapatan and the fort of Datu of Binidayan, killing the Sultan of Bayang in the process.: 32, 37 

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