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[[Category:Battles|Batavia, Battle of]]
[[Category:Java Expedition 1811|Batavia, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:Napoleonic War|Napoleonic War]]<br>[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Java_Expedition_1811 Java Expedition]
|date=8 August 1811
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta#History Jakarta, Java, Indonesia]
|presidency=Madras
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=-6.1236231,106.84662&z=15&t=h&hl=en 6.211544°S 106.845172°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=British East India Company
|combatant2= Dutch East India Company (VOC)
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101000889/ Lt Gen Sir Samuel Auchmuty]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Willem_Janssens Gen Janssens]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Jakarta<br>
Variants: Sunda Kelapa/Jayakarta/Batavia/Djakarta<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vg6zfusHsSAC&pg=PA269&dq=Batavia+1811&as_brr=1&ei=CIypR7isAYzGyATIgcHdBw#PPA269,M1 Capture of Batavia] Google Books<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/328/mode/2up Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Batavia] www.archive.org
