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The Barre Daily Times
Barre, Washington County, Vermont
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Maj.-Gen. Wood reports on the Battle of Mount Dajo, Jolo Island, where U.S. troops killed hundreds of Moro natives last week, including women and children used as shields. Moros fought fanatically; island now quiet.
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And Moro Women Fought With the Men
SAYS MAJ.-GEN. WOOD
Admits That Many Women and Children Were Killed in the Battle With Natives Last Week--Island Is Now Quiet.
Manila, March 13.--Major-General Wood, who has returned here after the battle of Mount Dajo, on the island of Jolo, where several hundred natives were exterminated by the American troops, today talked about the fight with the Moros. General Wood admitted that native women and children were killed in the engagement, and while he deplored the fact he said it was unavoidable because the women would fight side by side with the men, and Moro children were used as shields by the warriors.
The Moros in the fight were absolute fanatics. Even the men of the ambulance corps who tried to minister to the injured, were in danger. The natives would feign death and when the ambulance men would approach them they would spring up and try to slash the Americans with knives. The majority of the casualties among the U. S. troops, according to General Wood, were caused by spears and krises. It was impossible to save any of the Moros after the fight began because they absolutely scorned surrender and many of them fought the surgeons after they had been placed on the operating table.
The island is now quiet.
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Mount Dajo, Island Of Jolo
Event Date
Last Week
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several hundred natives exterminated; native women and children killed; u. s. troops casualties caused by spears and krises; island is now quiet
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American troops exterminated several hundred Moros in a battle on Mount Dajo, island of Jolo. Native women fought alongside men, and children were used as shields. Moros were fanatics who feigned death to attack ambulance men and scorned surrender, even fighting surgeons on operating tables.