British attack on Berbera (1827)

Battle of Berbera
An 1827 admiralty chart of Berbera
Date January 10–11, 1827 Location Berbera, Isaaq Sultanate (now Somaliland) 10°26′08″N 045°00′59″E / 10.43556°N 45.01639°E / 10.43556; 45.01639 Result British victory Destruction of large parts of Berbera Indemnity agreed upon for 1825 Habr Awal attack Crucial caravan trade halted temporarily
Belligerents
Isaaq Sultanate Habr Awal	United Kingdom Royal Navy East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Farah Guled Sheikhs of the Habr Awal	Captain James Gordon Bremer Captain W.C Jervoise Captain Maillard
Units involved
Somali warriors	Royal Marines and Sepoys
Strength
2,000-2,500 men and several buggalows	250 men with 2 corvettes and 1 sloop
Casualties and losses
Several	Several including one Royal Marine killed
Berbera class=notpageimage| Location within Somaliland Show map of Somaliland Berbera Berbera (Horn of Africa) Show map of Horn of Africa

The Battle of Berbera (January 10–11, 1827) was an engagement of the Royal Navy and East India Company against the Habr Awal clan. It was the culmination of previous British punitive expeditions against the Habr Awal.^[1]