- Moro Crater massacre
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Moro Crater massacre Date 1906 Location Jolo island, Philippines Result US victory Belligerents Moro Rebellion
Philippine Constabulary
United States
Commanders and leaders Unknown Major General Leonard Wood Strength Unknown 540? Casualties and losses 600? civilians 15 killed, 32 wounded Manila • Santa Cruz • Pagsanjan • Paete • Quingua
Zapote River • San Jacinto • Tirad Pass • Paye • Catubig
Makahambus Hill • Cagayan de Misamis • Agusan Hill • Pulang Lupa • Balangiga • Mabitac • Lonoy • Siranaya • Malalag River • Moro RebellionThe Moro Crater massacre is a name given to the final phase of the First Battle of Bud Dajo, a military engagement of the Philippine-American War which took place March 10, 1906, on the isle of Jolo in the southern Philippines. Forces of the U.S. Army under the command of Major General Leonard Wood, a naval detachment comprising 540 soldiers, along with a detachment of native constabulary, armed with artillery and small firearms, attacked a village hidden in the crater of the dormant volcano Bud Dajo. More than 600 mostly unarmed Muslim Moro villagers (including many women and children) were killed by the Americans, of whom eighteen soldiers were killed and fifty-two were wounded.[1]
See also
- List of massacres in the Philippines
References
- Mark Twain, Weapons of Satire, pp. 168-178, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY 1992
- This material is taken from the Humanities Digital Information Service of Stanford University [1]. Textbase is no longer available due to copyright issues.
- Comments on the Moro Massacre by Mark Twain
- ^ Beede, Benjamin R. The War of 1898 and U.S. Interventions, 1898-1934: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1994, page 74
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