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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
The control of Holland by the [[French]] in the [[:Category:Napoleonic War|Napoleonic War]] again brought [[Dutch]] trading interests in the Indies into conflict with the [[East India Company]]. Lord Minto sent an expedition from [[Madras]] which seized settlements in Java and Sumatra but the conquests were returned to the Dutch in 1815.
The control of Holland by the [[French]] in the [[:Category:Napoleonic War|Napoleonic War]] again brought [[Dutch]] trading interests in the Indies into conflict with the [[East India Company]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Minto Lord Minto] sent an expedition from [[Madras]] under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Auchmuty_(British_Army_officer) Sir Samuel Auchmuty] which seized settlements in Java and Sumatra but the conquests were returned to the Dutch in 1815.
 
== Expedition Force ==
==== Advance Column ====
''[[Robert Rollo Gillespie|Col Robert Rollo Gillespie]], commanding''
{|
|-
|Right Flank Battalion || Major Miller ||
|-
|Left Flank Battalion || Major Fraser ||
|-
|Detachment [[89th Regiment of Foot|HM 89th Regiment]] || Major Butler ||
|-
|Royal Marines || Capt Liardet ||
|-
|Bengal Light Infantry Volunteer Battalion || Major Dalton ||
|-
|[[Governor General's Bodyguard]]|| Capt Gall ||
|-
|Pioneers || Capt Smithwayte ||
|-
|Horse Artillery || Capt Noble ||
|-
|Detachment [[22nd Light Dragoons|22nd Dragoons]] || Major Travers<br>
|}
==== The Line ====
''[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101029144/ Maj-Gen Frederick Wetherall], commanding''<br>
 
'''Left Brigade'''<br>
''Lt-Col Adams''
{|
|-
|[[78th Regiment of Foot|HM 78th Regiment]] || Major Lindsey ||
|-
|6th Battalion Bengal Volunteers || Major Raban ||
|-
|[[69th Regiment of Foot|HM 69th Regiment]] || Lt-Col McLeod ||
|}
'''Right Brigade'''<br>
''Col Gibbs''
{|
|-
|[[59th Regiment of Foot|HM 59th Regiment]] || Lt-Col McLeod ||
|-
|5th Battalion Bengal Volunteers || Capt Griffiths ||
|-
|| || Lt-Col Watson ||
|}
==== The Reserve ====
''Col Wood, commanding''
{|
|-
|4th Battalion Bengal Volunteers || Major Grant ||
|-
|[[25th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry|1st Battalion 20th or Marine Regiment]] || Lt-Col Loveday ||
|-
|3rd Battalion Bengal Volunteers ||  ||
|-
|Flank Battalion || Major Yule ||
|}
'''Additional Detachments'''
 
{|
|-
|Pioneers ||  ||
|-
|[[Royal Artillery]] ||  ||
|-
|Engineers ||  ||
|-
|}
324 European officers; 123 native officers; 5,144 European rank & file; 5,530 native rank and file; 839 pioneers, lascars etc; '''Total: 11,960'''
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/18/mode/2up Samuel Auchmuty (1756-1822)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/291/mode/1up Gilbert Elliot, Lord Minto (1751-1814)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/166/mode/1up Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766-1814)]<br>
 
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/324/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Conquest of Java and Sumatra] archive.org<br>
===Historical books online===
[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Java_Expedition_1811 Java Expedition 1811]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/324/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Conquest of Java and Sumatra] archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=9QddAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP8 ''Memoir of the Conquest of Java: With the Subsequent Operations of the British Forces, in the Oriental Archipelago. To which is Subjoined a Statistical and Historical Sketch of Java… with an Account of Its Dependencies''] by Major William Thorn, late Deputy Quarter-Master- General to the Forces serving in Java. 1815 Google Books
:[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JEgVAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA118 Page 118] ''A Memoir of Major-General Sir R.R. Gillespie'' [author catalogued as William Thorn] 1816 Google Books. Robert Rollo Gillespie commanded the First Division in the Java Expedition of 1811.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=vyUoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Twelve years' military adventure in three quarters of the globe: or, Memoirs of an officer who served in the armies of His Majesty and of the East India Company, between the years 1802 and 1814 Volume 2''] by John Blakiston of the Madras Engineers 1829 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/narrativeofcommu00will ''The Narrative of a Commuted Pensioner'']  by John Williamson 1838 Archive.org  [https://archive.org/stream/narrativeofcommu00will#page/24/mode/2up Java Expedition] page 26  He was with the [[78th Regiment of Foot]]
*"The Java Hussars" by Hyderabad page 534 [https://www.nzsappers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CavalryJournal.pdf ''The Cavalry Journal, Vol.XX no.78, October 1930''] nzsappers.org.nz . The Java Hussars was raised in 1812 for operation in Java, commanded by Captain L H O'Brien of the Madras Cavalry and disbanded in 1816.
 
===Other===
*[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Java_Expedition_1811 Java Expedition 1811] yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk
*[https://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2014/08/the-british-capture-of-java-1811.html "The British capture of Java, 1811"] British Library Asian and African studies blog 11 August 2014.
*[https://rafflesandjavablog.wordpress.com "Raffles and the British Invasion of Java]. Footnotes and Sidelights from the Story of the British Interregnum in Java". The British, (being the East India Company in India) ruled Java to 1816.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160618012458/http://asianmil.typepad.com/stage3/2009/05/the-british-invasion-of-java-1811.html The British Invasion of Java 1811] asiamil.typepad.com, now an archived webpage.
 
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[[Category:Wars and Campaigns]]
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[[Category:Java Expedition 1811| Java Expedition 1811]]
[[Category:Napoleonic War| Java Expedition]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Java Expedition 1811]]
[[Category:Java Expedition 1811| Java Expedition]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Java Expedition]]

Latest revision as of 03:17, 13 August 2021

Java Expedition
1811-12
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Java and Sumatra
Combatants:
East India Company Dutch East India Company
Result: Seizure of territory
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Category: Java Expedition 1811
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Summary

The control of Holland by the French in the Napoleonic War again brought Dutch trading interests in the Indies into conflict with the East India Company. Lord Minto sent an expedition from Madras under Sir Samuel Auchmuty which seized settlements in Java and Sumatra but the conquests were returned to the Dutch in 1815.

Expedition Force

Advance Column

Col Robert Rollo Gillespie, commanding

Right Flank Battalion Major Miller
Left Flank Battalion Major Fraser
Detachment HM 89th Regiment Major Butler
Royal Marines Capt Liardet
Bengal Light Infantry Volunteer Battalion Major Dalton
Governor General's Bodyguard Capt Gall
Pioneers Capt Smithwayte
Horse Artillery Capt Noble
Detachment 22nd Dragoons Major Travers

The Line

Maj-Gen Frederick Wetherall, commanding

Left Brigade
Lt-Col Adams

HM 78th Regiment Major Lindsey
6th Battalion Bengal Volunteers Major Raban
HM 69th Regiment Lt-Col McLeod

Right Brigade
Col Gibbs

HM 59th Regiment Lt-Col McLeod
5th Battalion Bengal Volunteers Capt Griffiths
Lt-Col Watson

The Reserve

Col Wood, commanding

4th Battalion Bengal Volunteers Major Grant
1st Battalion 20th or Marine Regiment Lt-Col Loveday
3rd Battalion Bengal Volunteers
Flank Battalion Major Yule

Additional Detachments

Pioneers
Royal Artillery
Engineers

324 European officers; 123 native officers; 5,144 European rank & file; 5,530 native rank and file; 839 pioneers, lascars etc; Total: 11,960

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Samuel Auchmuty (1756-1822)
Gilbert Elliot, Lord Minto (1751-1814)
Robert Rollo Gillespie (1766-1814)

External Links

Historical books online

Page 118 A Memoir of Major-General Sir R.R. Gillespie [author catalogued as William Thorn] 1816 Google Books. Robert Rollo Gillespie commanded the First Division in the Java Expedition of 1811.

Other

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