Malacca and the Spice Islands

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Malacca and the Spice Islands
1795-1801
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Malacca and the Moluccas
Combatants:
East India Company Dutch East India Company
Result: Seizure of territory
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Category: Malacca and the Spice Islands
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Summary

The control of Holland by the French in the Napoleonic War brought Dutch trading interests in the Indies into conflict with the East India Company. Expeditions were sent from Madras which occupied Malacca, Amboyna, Banda and Ternate but they were restored under the Treaty of Amiens in 1802

External Links

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Malacca and the Spice Islands archive.org