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; Start of 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) 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 Binadayan, killing the Sultan of Bayang in the process.^: 32, 37

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