Second Battle of Bud Dajo

Second Battle of Bud Dajo
	Part of the Moro Rebellion
Date	December 18–26, 1911
Location	Bud Dajo, Jolo Island, Philippines
Result	American victory; Total annexation of the Philippines
Belligerents
United States	Moro rebels
Commanders and leaders
John J. Pershing	Unknown
Strength
1,256	800
Casualties and losses
3 wounded	12

The Second Battle of Bud Dajo was a counterinsurgency action fought by American soldiers against native Moros in December 1911, during the Moro Rebellion phase of the Philippine–American War.

On November 11, 1909, Major General John J. Pershing assumed his duties as governor of the Moro province. On September 8, 1911, he issued Executive Order No. 24, which ordered the complete disarmament of all Moros. American soldiers experienced juramentado and amok attacks from Moros opposed to American rule. Pershing saw total disarmament as the solution to maintain American rule. The deadline for disarmament was December 1, 1911.^[2]

The attempted enforcement of this order brought about the Second Battle of Bud Dajo. In December 1911, an estimated 800 Moros fortified the top of the dormant volcano, a sacred site for refuge.^[3] Pershing, realizing the Moros had not time to provision their fortress, used two infantry battalions, a machine gun platoon, six troops of the 2nd Cavalry, a field artillery battery, five companies of the Philippine Scouts, and a company of Moro Constabulary.^[1]^: 225 Pershing, through negotiations, succeeded in persuading the majority of the assembled Moros to return home.^[1]^: 226

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Arnold, J.R., 2011, The Moro War, New York: Bloomsbury Press, ISBN 9781608190249
^ "Swish of the Kris: Kris versus Krag". Archived from the original on February 12, 2003. Retrieved April 9, 2008.
^ Pershing and the Disarmament of the Moros. Donald Smythe. Pacific Historical Review. Vol. 31, No. 3 (Aug., 1962), pp. 241-256. University of California Press.

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[Arnold-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Arnold, J.R., 2011, The Moro War, New York: Bloomsbury Press, ISBN 9781608190249

[2] "Swish of the Kris: Kris versus Krag". Archived from the original on February 12, 2003. Retrieved April 9, 2008.

[3] Pershing and the Disarmament of the Moros. Donald Smythe. Pacific Historical Review. Vol. 31, No. 3 (Aug., 1962), pp. 241-256. University of California Press.

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