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*[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.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 Library page of  Sejarah Melayu] (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.  
*[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===

Revision as of 01:34, 6 January 2015

Perak War
November 1875-December 1876
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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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

Related articles

Captain Channer's Victoria Cross

External links

Historical books online