Battle of Taraca
Battle of Taraca | |||||||
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Part of Philippine-American War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Leonard Wood | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 killed 8 wounded[1]: 120 | Unknown |
The Battle of Taraca was fought in what is now Taraka, Lanao del Sur in the Philippines between the Moro people of Mindanao and the United States during the Philippine-American War.[1]: 113 General Leonard Wood invited the region's datus to a peace conference, but the Sultan of Taraca, refused to attend.[2] The Taraca River Valley was where most of the Lake Lanao Moros lived,[1]: 113 the home of Datu Ampuanagus and Datu Duli the most daring warrior[3]
Wood sent two infantry battalions and two cavalry troops to the mouth of the Taraca River.[1]: 114 Col. Marion P. Maus' Third Battalion of the 22nd Infantry held the mouth of the river while Wood led a column overland. Maus' men used a Vickers-Maxim machine gun and a Gatling gun to capture a few cottas, inflicting 65 casualties on the Moros.[1]: 115 Over the next week, Wood's men destroyed 130 cottas but failed to capture the Sultan.[1]: 120
References
- ^ a b c d e f Arnold, J.R., 2011, The Moro War, New York: Bloomsbury Press, ISBN 9781608190249
- ^ "Moros Fight Americans: Two Soldiers Killed - Gen. Wood Tried To Avoid Bloodshed" (PDF). The New York Times. 1904-04-12. Retrieved 2008-04-27.
- ^ "Mindanao, Sulu and ARMM Unsung Heroes". Retrieved 2008-04-27.