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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Corresp:_Actions_of_Perak_Expeditionary_Force_post-murder_of_Birch  Correspondence on Actions of the Expeditionary Force] Wikisource<br>
*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Corresp:_Actions_of_Perak_Expeditionary_Force_post-murder_of_Birch  Correspondence on Actions of the Expeditionary Force] Wikisource<br>
*[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.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/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.  


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
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*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24298/page/875  ''Supplement to the London Gazette'' Wednesday , February 23, 1876, pages 869- 881]. For a transcription, see External links above.
*[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24298/page/875  ''Supplement to the London Gazette'' Wednesday , February 23, 1876, pages 869- 881]. For a transcription, see External links above.
*[https://archive.org/stream/goldenchersonese00birduoft#page/270/mode/2up A "Little War"] page 270 ''The Golden Chersonese and the way thither'' by Isabella L Bird 1883 Archive.org. The map which is mentioned on the title page has either not been filmed , or may not have appeared in this edition, but is available at [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/map.gif  Map: digital.library.upenn] part of its [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/chersonese.html digital book version]  
*[https://archive.org/stream/goldenchersonese00birduoft#page/270/mode/2up A "Little War"] page 270 ''The Golden Chersonese and the way thither'' by Isabella L Bird 1883 Archive.org. The map which is mentioned on the title page has either not been filmed , or may not have appeared in this edition, but is available at [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/map.gif  Map: digital.library.upenn] part of its [http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/bird/chersonese/chersonese.html digital book version]  
*[https://archive.org/stream/recentbritishba00grangoog#page/n17/mode/2up "The Perak Expedition"] Missing page 1, page 2 ''Recent British Battles on Land and Sea'' by James Grant 1884 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134236#page/n241/mode/2up "James Wheeler Woodford Birch"] page 227 ''Malay Sketches'' by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published  1895 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/stream/cu31924023134236#page/n241/mode/2up "James Wheeler Woodford Birch"] page 227 ''Malay Sketches'' by Sir Frank Althelstane Swettenham 5th edition 1921. First published  1895 Archive.org


[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Perak War]]
[[Category:Minor Campaigns|Perak War]]
[[Category:Perak War 1875-76| Perak War]]
[[Category:Perak War 1875-76| Perak War]]

Revision as of 00:43, 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