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Duncan, assaulted the volcanic crater of Bud Dajo ( Tausūg: Būd Dahu), which was populated by 800 to 1,000 Tausug villagers. While fighting was limited to ground action on Jolo, the use of naval gunfire contributed significantly to the overwhelming firepower brought to bear against the Moros.ĭuring the engagement, 750 men and officers, under the command of Colonel J.W. Moro men in the crater who had arms possessed melee weapons. Some of those killed were women and children. We cleaned up our four days' work and made it complete by butchering these helpless people.' A higher percentage of Moros were killed (99 percent) than in other incidents now considered massacres, such as the Wounded Knee Massacre. Mark Twain commented, 'In what way was it a battle? It has no resemblance to a battle. Author Vic Hurley wrote, 'By no stretch of the imagination could Bud Dajo be termed a 'battle''. The description of the engagement as a 'battle' is disputed because of both the overwhelming firepower of the attackers and the lopsided casualties. Major Hugh Scott, the District Governor of Sulu Province, where the incident occurred, recounted that those who fled to the crater 'declared they had no intention of fighting, - ran up there only in fright, had some crops planted and desired to cultivate them.' forces is disputed, as inhabitants of Jolo Island had previously used the crater, which they considered sacred, as a place of refuge during Spanish assaults. Whether the occupants of Bud Dajo were hostile to U.S. The First Battle of Bud Dajo, also known as the Moro Crater Massacre, was a counterinsurgency action fought by the United States Army against the Moro people in March 1906, during the Moro Rebellion in the southwestern Philippines.

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