Storming of Pleret

Siege and storming of Pleret

Bestorming van Pleret (1900) by G. Kepper, depicting the Dutch assault on Pleret in 1826
Date1826
Location
Result Dutch victory
Belligerents
Netherlands Javanese rebels
Commanders and leaders
Josephus Jacobus van Geen
François de Stuers
Diponegoro
Strength
? ?
Casualties and losses
? 700 killed[1]

The siege and storming of Pleret was a siege and storming that occurred in Pleret during the Java War. It was the first time that Diponegoro didn't avoid a pitched battle and it resulted in Dutch victory.[2]

  1. ^ Ramsay Carey, Peter-Brian (2020). Noor, Farish A.; Carey, Peter; Ramsay Carey, Peter-Brian (eds.). Racial Difference and the Colonial Wars of 19th Century Southeast Asia. Amsterdam University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9789048550371. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ Tate, D. J. M. (1971). The Making of Modern South-East Asia: The European conques. Oxford University Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780196381138. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

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