Battle of Palembang: Difference between revisions

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Battle of Palembang
Part of Napoleonic War Java Expedition
Date:	25 April 1812
Location:	Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia
Presidency:	Madras
Co-ordinates:	2.9910113°S 104.75739°E
Result:	British victory
Combatants
East India Company	Sultan of Palembang
Commanders
Brig Gen Sir Robert Gilllespie
Strength

Casualties

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 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wG0BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA261&dq=Gillespie+Palembang+1812&as_brr=3 Google Books - Seizure of Palembang]
-[[Category:Battles|Palembang, Battle of]]
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-|date=8 August 1811
-|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta#History Jakarta, Java, Indonesia]
-|presidency=Madras
-|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=-6.1236231,106.84662&z=15&t=h&hl=en 6.211544°S 106.845172°E]
-|result=British victory
-|territory=
-|combatant1=British East India Company
-|combatant2= Dutch East India Company (VOC)
-|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101000889/ Lt Gen Sir Samuel Auchmuty]
-|commander2=Gen Janssen
-|strength1=
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-}}
-== External Links ==
-[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vg6zfusHsSAC&pg=PA269&dq=Batavia+1811&as_brr=1&ei=CIypR7isAYzGyATIgcHdBw#PPA269,M1 Google Books - Capture of Batavia]