Java Expedition

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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
Medals:
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Category: Java Expedition 1811
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Java Expedition 1811
locations and routes on Google Maps

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.

External Links

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