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First Battle of Bud Dajo

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Bud Dajo · Jolo · Sulu · Philippines

Estimated casualties

600 – 1.0Kestimated dead

Moro dead, including women and children; Gen. Wood's estimate ~600, other estimates up to ~1,000. American losses ~18-21 killed.

SOURCEWikipedia / contemporary reports

Also called the Moro Crater Massacre, this March 1906 US Army action against Moros sheltering in the crater of Bud Dajo near Jolo during the Moro Rebellion killed hundreds of Moros, including many women and children, against minimal American losses. It became a notorious atrocity in the Philippine-American War era.

Belligerents2

United States
Moro people (Tausug)

Sources

Wikipedia: First Battle of Bud Dajo
Prospect / New Lines historical accounts
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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