Storming of Pleret

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]

Siege and storming of Pleret

Bestorming van Pleret (1900) by G. Kepper, depicting the Dutch assault on Pleret in 1826
Date1826
Location
Pleret
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]

Background and battle

Pleret was abandoned as a capital but still played another role during the Java War (1825–1830) between the Dutch and the Javanese forces under Prince Diponegoro.[3] Pleret was occupied by Diponegoro in 1825.[4] He kept his weapons and livestock there. Diponegoro used it as a base to attack convoys supplying the nearby Imogiri held by the Dutch.[3] In April 1826, the Dutch attacked Pleret under General Josephus Jacobus van Geen.[3] Diponegoro did not engage in combat and withdrew to the west.[3] Van Geen entered Pleret and took the weapons and livestock kept there as booty.[3] Lacking forces to keep the town, he withdrew to Yogyakarta.[3] Thereafter Diponegoro reocuppied the town and fortified it.[3] Diponegoro gave particular importance to this city.[5] In June 1826, Dutch forces with a strong contingent of Madurese auxiliaries besieged the town. On 9 June, the besiegers detonated a mine under the ramparts, causing a breach through which they attacked.[3] After a day of "bloody fighting", the attackers completely occupied Pleret.[3] This battle was Diponegoro's first major defeat in the war. The Dutch left a garrison of 700 men, and there was no further attempt from Diponegoro to retake Pleret.[3]

See also

References
  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.
  3. Dumarçay 1989, p. 197.
  4. Dumarçay 1989, p. 191.
  5. Aveling, Harry (1979). The Development of Indonesian Society (From the Coming of Islam to the Present Day). University of Queensland Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780702213472. Retrieved 7 June 2022.

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