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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]]. Lord Minto sent an expedition from [[Madras]] 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 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<br>
|}
==== The Line ====
''Maj-Gen Wetherall, commanding''<br>
'''Left Brigade'''<br>
''Lt-Col Adams''
{|
|-
|HM 78th Regiment || Major Lindsey ||
|-
|6th Battalion Bengal Volunteers || Major Raban ||
|-
|HM 69th Regiment || Lt-Col McLeod ||
|}
'''Right Brigade'''<br>
''Col Gibbs''
{|
|-
|HM 59th Regiment || Lt-Col McLeod ||
|-
|5th Battalion Bengal Volunteers || Capt Griffiths ||
|-
|HM 14th Regiment || 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'''
== 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>
[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>

Revision as of 11:56, 20 December 2009

Java Expedition
1811-12
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
[[Image:|250px| ]]
Location: Java and Sumatra
Combatants:
East India Company Dutch East India Company
Result: Seizure of territory
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Links:
Category: Java Expedition 1811
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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 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 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 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
HM 14th Regiment 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


External Links

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Conquest of Java and Sumatra archive.org
Java Expedition 1811