Conquest of Java
Published on 14. February 2012
464 pages
978-1-4629-0470-9 (ISBN)
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Originally published in 1815, Major William Thorn's The Conquest of Java describes the military and naval elements of the British expeditionary force to Java in 1811.
It was a time of unrest in Europe. Napoleon was at the height of his power and had taken control of Holland and its colonies in Asia. In August 1810, Britain's Lord Minto, Governor General of India, was ordered by the English East India Company to expel "the enemy" from the Island of Java.
On August 4, 1811 a fleet of 100 British ships, carrying 12,000 soldiers, landing in the Bay of Batavia. Among the landing party was the ambitious young company employee from Penang who originally masterminded the plan to take Java, and become Lieutenant-Governor of the island at the tender age of 30. This was none other than Thomas Stamford Raffles who, eight years later, would found Singapore.
The Conquest of Java provides a unique and scrupulously detailed account of the British military campaign to wrest control of the island. Written by an officer who took part, Major William Thorn, and lavishly illustrated with 35 color plates, this historically important book provides a wealth of statistical and anecdotal information about Java and its environs.
It was a time of unrest in Europe. Napoleon was at the height of his power and had taken control of Holland and its colonies in Asia. In August 1810, Britain's Lord Minto, Governor General of India, was ordered by the English East India Company to expel "the enemy" from the Island of Java.
On August 4, 1811 a fleet of 100 British ships, carrying 12,000 soldiers, landing in the Bay of Batavia. Among the landing party was the ambitious young company employee from Penang who originally masterminded the plan to take Java, and become Lieutenant-Governor of the island at the tender age of 30. This was none other than Thomas Stamford Raffles who, eight years later, would found Singapore.
The Conquest of Java provides a unique and scrupulously detailed account of the British military campaign to wrest control of the island. Written by an officer who took part, Major William Thorn, and lavishly illustrated with 35 color plates, this historically important book provides a wealth of statistical and anecdotal information about Java and its environs.
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Conquest of Java
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Content
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF PLATES.
- ERRATA.
- INTRODUCTION
- PREFACE.
- PART I. Tract of the Several Divisions of the Fleet
- PART II. Account of the Campaign
- SECTION I. From the landing of the Army to the gaining possession of Batavia
- SECTION II. The Action of the Tenth of August
- SECTION III. Bombardment and Battle of Cornelis
- SECTION IV. Conclusion of Lieutenant General Sir Samueal Auchmuty's Campaign in Java
- PART III. Subsequent Operations of the British Forces
- SECTION I. Disturbed State of Java
- SECTION II. Expedition to Palimbang
- SECTION III. Hostilities with the Sultan of Mataram, and Capture of DJoeJocarta
- STATISTIC AND HISTORICAL SKETCH OF JAVA
- Internal Administration
- Judicial Department
- Population and State of Society
- ITINERARY
- From Batavia to the Westward
- From Batavia to the Eastward
- From Samarang to the South Coast
- Continuation of the Eastern Route
- DEPENDENCIES ON JAVA.
- The Eastern Archipelago
- Borneo, Banjirmassin and Fort Tatar
- Macassar Town and Fort Rotterdam
- Molucca Isles
- Amboyna
- Randa Isles
- Japan
- List of Plates
