Second expedition to Palembang

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Second expedition to Palembang
Date1821
Location
Result Dutch victory
Agreement with the Sultan
Belligerents
Royal Dutch East Indies Army
Royal Netherlands Navy
Royal Netherlands Marine Corps
Palembang Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Hendrik Merkus de Kock Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II
Strength
2500 sailors
1679 soldiers
18 guns
Unknown
Casualties and losses
95 dead
220 wounded
Unknown

The Second expedition to Palembang was a punitive expedition of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army to Palembang in 1821. The Dutch commander Hendrik Merkus de Kock succeeded in coming to an agreement with the Sultan.

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  • 1900. W.A. Terwogt. Het land van Jan Pieterszoon Coen. Geschiedenis van de Nederlanders in oost-Indië. P. Geerts. Hoorn
  • 1900. G. Kepper. Wapenfeiten van het Nederlands Indische Leger; 1816-1900. M.M. Cuvee, Den Haag.'
  • 1876. A.J.A. Gerlach. Nederlandse heldenfeiten in Oost Indë. Drie delen. Gebroeders

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