Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem

Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem (1894)

Attack of the Dutch on a Karangasem stronghold in Lombok in 1894.
DateJuly–November 1894
Location
Result Dutch victory. Dutch control of Lombok and Karangasem.
Belligerents
Dutch East Indies
Eastern Sasak Rebels
Mataram-Cakranegara Kingdom
Karangasem Kingdom
Western Sasak Colony
Commanders and leaders
General-Major Jacobus Augustinus Vetter (Commander)
General-Major P.P.H. van Ham (Second in command)  
East Sasak Rebels
Anak Agung Made Karangasem
Anak Agung gede Jelantik
King of Mataram-Cakranegara
West Sasak Colony soldiers
Strength
2,200 (July expedition) 12,000 elite troops to quash the rebellion and 500 soliders to against the Dutch
Casualties and losses
500 (August 1894)
166 (November 1894)
Thousand

The Dutch intervention in Lombok and Karangasem took place in 1894, and is part of the string of Dutch interventions in and around Bali that led to complete colonization of both Bali and Lombok by the early 20th century.


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