Bataan: Battle for the Mabatang Line (hereinafter simply BML) is a smallish HASL that depicts fighting on the Bataan peninsula between Fil-American and Japanese forces in the Philippines in early 1942, when the Japanese assaulted the Fil-American so-called Main Battle Position (i.e., defense line, sometimes referred to as the Mabatang-Mauban line or the Abucay-Mauban line). Specifically, BML covers fighting around the village of Mabatang, a tiny village around which was anchored the eastern end of the Main Battle Position, defended by the 57th Regiment of the Philippine Division (Philippine Scouts).