DESTRUCTION OF BINIDAYAN.
The work of demolishing the Binidayan Fort had now begun in earnest, companies "F" and "G" of the 27th Infantry advanced in line of skirmishers, while the Artillery continued a slow fire on the Fort, company "H" joined "F," and crossed the intervening ridge and then through the little valley, while "G" went off to the right, to flank Binidayan and at the same time to make a demonstration against Fort Pandapatan, which was to the right and rear of Binidayan.
Fort Pandapatan was the second fort known as the system of Bayan forts, of which there are four.
At the base of the Binidayan hill the Infantry halted for an instant, and then started up the hill in a long, thin line of skirmishers, with determination written in their faces.
It was the initial event of the kind for many of them, but every head was erect, every man in his place.
There was not a bit of confusion, simply an orderly line of men coming up to do battle.
They were under a constant fire from the enemy while they were advancing but they did not reply to them until they were close enough to plainly distinguish the heads of the Moros bobbing up and down in the trenches which surrounded the Fort.
They laid down prone on the ground then and poured a withering fire into the fort and trenches, which quickly routed the enemy.
THE CHARGE.
Suddenly, back on the ridge where the Artillery were stationed the clear notes of a bugle were heard, sounding "Charge."