Visayas Mindanao The Battle of Siranaya was fought between the Philippines and the United States during the Philippine–American War.

Leonard Wood led a force against Datu Ali in the Cotabato Valley in retaliation for refusing to obey an antislavery law.

[1]: 110  Wood used a force of five companies and an artillery battery with a 3.2 inch piece to attack Ali's cotta and several thousand Moros.

[1]: 110–111  The cotta surrendered after two days of American shelling but not before Ali and most of his men fled.

[1]: 112  Secretary of War William Taft criticized Wood afterwards for the excessive use of force and brutality.