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==Summary == | ==Summary == | ||
The immediate cause of the punitive expedition was the assassination of the British resident [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W.W._Birch J.W.W.Birch] Government adviser to Sultan Abdullah Muhammad Shah II the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_of_Perak Sultan of Perak]. An expeditionary force undwr Maj Gen The Hon. Francis Colbourne CB and Brig Gen John Ross was sent which fought a number of engagements subduing the territory which was occupied for a year. | The immediate cause of the punitive expedition was the assassination in [[Malaysia|Malaya]] of the British resident [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W.W._Birch J.W.W.Birch] Government adviser to Sultan Abdullah Muhammad Shah II the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_of_Perak Sultan of Perak]. An expeditionary force undwr Maj Gen The Hon. Francis Colbourne CB and Brig Gen John Ross was sent which fought a number of engagements subduing the territory which was occupied for a year. | ||
==Perak Expeditionary Force == | ==Perak Expeditionary Force == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Corresp:_Actions_of_Perak_Expeditionary_Force_post-murder_of_Birch Correspondence on Actions of the Expeditionary Force] Wikisource<br> | *[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Corresp:_Actions_of_Perak_Expeditionary_Force_post-murder_of_Birch Correspondence on Actions of the Expeditionary Force] Wikisource<br> | ||
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/471964.html The Perak War 1875-1876 and the award of a Victoria Cross to a Goorkha officer: The British colonial advance into Malaya] by Harry Fecitt from [http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/home.html Harry’s Sideshows] (kaiserscross.com) | |||
*[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/perak.htm The Perak War] sabrizain.org | *[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/perak.htm The Perak War] sabrizain.org | ||
*[http://www.sabrizain.org/malaya/library/index.htm [Digital<nowiki>]</nowiki> Sejarah Melayu Library] (sabrizain.org) has many items in the category "News and Dispatches". Open the folders for 1875 and 1876 to see the items available. There may be other relevant items in the Library elsewhere. | |||
===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/346/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI -Perak 1875''] archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/346/mode/2up ''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI -Perak 1875''] archive.org | ||
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24298/page/875 ''Supplement to the London Gazette'' Wednesday , February 23, 1876, pages 869- 881]. For a transcription, see External links above. | *[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24298/page/875 ''Supplement to the London Gazette'' Wednesday , February 23, 1876, pages 869- 881]. For a transcription, see External links above. | ||
*[https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/r494w372v "A short account of the campaign in the Malay peninsula, including the operations in Perak and Junghie Ujong, November, 1875 February, 1876"] by Lieut. H B Rich RE. digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk. Published as part of '' Professional papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers'' in 1876, and also available as part of the [https://archive.org/details/appxprofessional01grea/page/n7/mode/2up ''Appendix to Volume I, 1877''] Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/goldenchersonese00birduoft#page/270/mode/2up A "Little War"] page 270 ''The Golden Chersonese and the way thither'' by Isabella L Bird 1883 Archive.org. The map which is mentioned on the title page has either not been filmed , or may not have appeared in this edition, but is available at [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/map.gif Map: digital.library.upenn] part of its [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/chersonese.html digital book version] | *[https://archive.org/stream/goldenchersonese00birduoft#page/270/mode/2up A "Little War"] page 270 ''The Golden Chersonese and the way thither'' by Isabella L Bird 1883 Archive.org. The map which is mentioned on the title page has either not been filmed , or may not have appeared in this edition, but is available at [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/map.gif Map: digital.library.upenn] part of its [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/chersonese.html digital book version] | ||
*[https://archive.org/stream/recentbritishba00grangoog#page/n17/mode/2up "The Perak Expedition"] Missing page 1, page 2 ''Recent British Battles on Land and Sea'' by James Grant 1884 Archive.org | |||
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134236#page/n241/mode/2up "James Wheeler Woodford Birch"] page 227 ''Malay Sketches'' by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org | *[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134236#page/n241/mode/2up "James Wheeler Woodford Birch"] page 227 ''Malay Sketches'' by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org | ||
[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Perak War]] | [[Category:Minor Campaigns|Perak War]] | ||
[[Category:Perak War 1875-76| Perak War]] | [[Category:Perak War 1875-76| Perak War]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:12, 3 May 2021
| Perak War | |
|---|---|
| November 1875-December 1876 | |
| Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns | |
| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| Location: Pasir Salak, Teluk Intan, Perak, Malaysia | |
| Combatants: | |
| British troops from China Indian troops from Madras |
Perak Malays |
| Result: Sultan deposed | |
| Medals: India General Service Medal | |
| Links: | |
| Category: Minor Campaigns | |
Summary
The immediate cause of the punitive expedition was the assassination in Malaya of the British resident J.W.W.Birch Government adviser to Sultan Abdullah Muhammad Shah II the Sultan of Perak. An expeditionary force undwr Maj Gen The Hon. Francis Colbourne CB and Brig Gen John Ross was sent which fought a number of engagements subduing the territory which was occupied for a year.
Perak Expeditionary Force
- 80th Regiment (300 men)
- 1st Batt 10th Regiment (200 men)
- 3rd Regiment (600 men)
- 1st Gurkhas (450 men)
- One Company Madras Sappers (80 men)
- One Battery & a half Royal Artillery
- Naval Brigade
Related articles
Captain Channer's Victoria Cross
External links
- Correspondence on Actions of the Expeditionary Force Wikisource
- The Perak War 1875-1876 and the award of a Victoria Cross to a Goorkha officer: The British colonial advance into Malaya by Harry Fecitt from Harry’s Sideshows (kaiserscross.com)
- The Perak War sabrizain.org
- [Digital] Sejarah Melayu Library (sabrizain.org) has many items in the category "News and Dispatches". Open the folders for 1875 and 1876 to see the items available. There may be other relevant items in the Library elsewhere.
Historical books online
- Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI -Perak 1875 archive.org
- Supplement to the London Gazette Wednesday , February 23, 1876, pages 869- 881. For a transcription, see External links above.
- "A short account of the campaign in the Malay peninsula, including the operations in Perak and Junghie Ujong, November, 1875 February, 1876" by Lieut. H B Rich RE. digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk. Published as part of Professional papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1876, and also available as part of the Appendix to Volume I, 1877 Archive.org
- A "Little War" page 270 The Golden Chersonese and the way thither by Isabella L Bird 1883 Archive.org. The map which is mentioned on the title page has either not been filmed , or may not have appeared in this edition, but is available at Map: digital.library.upenn part of its digital book version
- "The Perak Expedition" Missing page 1, page 2 Recent British Battles on Land and Sea by James Grant 1884 Archive.org
- "James Wheeler Woodford Birch" page 227 Malay Sketches by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published 1895 Archive.org
