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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
 
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wG0BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA261&dq=Gillespie+Palembang+1812&as_brr=3 Seizure of Palembang] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wG0BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA261&dq=Gillespie+Palembang+1812&as_brr=3 Google Books - Seizure of Palembang]
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[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/334/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Palembang] www.archive.org
[[Category:Battles|Palembang, Battle of]]
 
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|partof=[[:Category:Napoleonic War|Napoleonic War]]
 
|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=
 
|strength2=
 
|casualties1= 
 
|casualties2=
 
}}
 
 
 
== 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]
 

Latest revision as of 12:35, 20 December 2009

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

External Links

Seizure of Palembang Google Books
Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Palembang www.archive.org