Battle of Tamparan
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| Battle of Tamparan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Philippine resistance against Japan / the Pacific Theater of World War II | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Maranao guerillas |
 Empire of Japan | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| N/A |
Atsuo Takeuchi | ||||
| Units involved | |||||
| N/A (irregulars) |
 Imperial Japanese Army | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 90 soldiers | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 200–300 guerillas | 85 soldiers | ||||
The Battle of Tamparan was a engagement between the Imperial Japanese Army and Maranao irregulars in Tamparan, Lanao, Philippines during the Japanese occupation era of World War II.
Forces of the Imperial Japanese Army coming from Dansalan (modern-day Marawi) landed in a wharf at dawn in Tamparan on September 12, 1942 which was the first day of the month of Ramadan. They were pursuing Maranao guerrilla Busran Kalaw.[1]
The 90 Japanese soldiers shelled Kota Dimalaang, a kota or fortification in the settlement, which was flying a red flag which alerted the locals. [2][1] The Maranao civilians armed with panabas and other bladed weapons from the town and nearby Taraka, Maguing and Gata launched a counterattack.[1]
The Japanese running out of ammunition fled towards the marshland near Lake Lanao and the Tamparan wharf with only five Japanese surviving. It was a Pyrrhic victory for the Maranaos who suffered 200–300 casualties.[1]