Produced by Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) +----------------------------------------------------+ |+--------------------------------------------------+| || _The Battle of Bayan || || and Other Battles_ || |+--------------------------------------------------+| +----------------------------------------------------+ | | | _Being a History of the Moro Campaign from April | | 17, to Dec. 30, 1902. A Record of Events | | Occurring during a Period of Eight Months' | | Service in the Lake Region of Mindanao. Also | | Letters of Congratulation from His Excellency | | the President of the United States, Major | | General Adna R. Chaffee, and Others._ | | | | | | ====== | | | | | | _BY | | JAMES EDGAR ALLEN, | | (War Correspondent) | | AND | | JOHN J. REIDY._ | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ |+--------------------------------------------------+| || _MANILA || || E. C. McCULLOUGH & CO. || || 1903._ || |+--------------------------------------------------+| +----------------------------------------------------+ Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic spellings have been retained. A table of contents, though not present in the original publication, has been provided below: The Battle of Bayan. (Part First.) Rewards. (Part Second.) Battle of Gauan. The Battle of Maciu. The 27th Infantry. The 25th Battery of Field Artillery. NOTE BY THE AUTHORS. The facts, as related in this little volume, actually occurred on the dates herein mentioned, and anyone doubting the authenticity of this statement can easily verify it by communicating with any of the persons mentioned within these pages, or by consulting the files of any leading Newspaper or Magazine, nearly all of which published accounts of the affairs shortly after they occurred. THE AUTHORS. _THE SOLDIER'S DEATH IN MINDANAO._ _(By John J. Reidy.)_