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{{Short description|British invasion of the island of Java}}
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict   = Invasion of Java
|partof     = the [[Napoleonic Wars]]
|image      = B26056056H - The landing of the British Army at Chillinching on the island of Java 4th Augt. 1811.jpg
|image_size = 300
|caption    = British troops landing at [[Cilincing]], [[Java]]
|date       = 4 August – 18 September 1811
|place      = [[Java]], [[Dutch East Indies]]
|result     = British victory
|territory  = [[French and British interregnum in the Dutch East Indies#British interregnum 1811–1816|British occupation of Java]]
|combatant1 = {{flagcountry|UKGBI}} <br /> {{flagcountry|East India Company}}
|combatant2 = {{flagcountry|First French Empire}} 
|commander1 = [[Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer)|Robert Stopford]] <br /> [[Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer)|Samuel Auchmuty]] <br /> [[Robert Rollo Gillespie]]
|commander2 = [[Jan Willem Janssens]]
|strength1  = 12,000 soldiers <br /> 25 warships
|strength2  = Unknown
|casualties1 = 1,000
|casualties2 = 2,000
|campaignbox = {{Dutch colonial campaigns}} <br /> {{Campaignbox Napoleonic Wars}} <br />{{Campaignbox British campaigns in East Indies}}
}}

The '''invasion of Java''' was a successful British [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious operation]] against [[Java]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] between August and September 1811 during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. Originally established as a colony of the [[Dutch East India Company]], Java remained in Dutch hands throughout the [[French Revolutionary Wars]], during which the French [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|invaded]] the [[Dutch Republic]], transforming it into the [[Batavian Republic]] in 1795 and the [[Kingdom of Holland]] in 1806. The Kingdom of Holland was annexed to the [[First French Empire]] in 1810, and Java became a French colony, though it continued to be administered and garrisoned primarily with Dutch personnel.

After their capture of the [[French West Indies]] between 1809 and 1810, and a successful [[Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811|campaign against France's possessions in Mauritius]] from 1810 to 1811, British attention turned to the Dutch East Indies. An expedition was dispatched from [[Company rule in India|British India]] in April 1811, while a small squadron of [[Royal Navy]] frigates was ordered to patrol off the island, raiding shipping and launching amphibious assaults against [[Target of opportunity|targets of opportunity]]. British troops landed on 4 August, and by 8 August the undefended city of [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] capitulated. The defenders withdrew to a previously prepared fortified position, Fort Cornelis, which the British besieged, capturing it early in the morning of 26 August. The remaining defenders, a mixture of Dutch and French regulars and native militiamen, withdrew, pursued by the British.{{fact|date=December 2024}} A series of amphibious and land assaults captured most of the remaining strongholds, and the city of [[Salatiga]] surrendered on 16 September, followed by the official capitulation of the island to the British on 18 September.

The island remained in British hands for the remainder of the Napoleonic Wars, but was returned to Dutch control in 1816, as per the terms of the [[Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wright |first=H.R.C. |date=1950 |title=The Anglo-Dutch Dispute in the East, 1814–1824 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2590770 |journal=The Economic History Review |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=229–239 |doi=10.2307/2590770 |jstor=2590770 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Background==
[[File:Vue de l'isle et de la ville de Batavia appartenant aux Hollandois, pour la Compagnie des Indes (mirror correction).jpg|thumb|left|A 1780 illustration of [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies]]]]

The Dutch had been under French control for several years and were already at war with Britain. The strongly pro-French [[Herman Willem Daendels]] was appointed [[governor-general of the Dutch East Indies]] in 1807. He arrived in Java aboard the French privateer ''Virginie'' in 1808, and began fortifying the island against the British threat. In particular, Daendels established an entrenched camp named Fort Cornelis a few miles south of [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]]. He also improved the island's defences by building new hospitals, barracks, arms factories and a new military college.<ref name=Fregosi320>{{cite book|last=Fregosi|title=Dreams of Empire|page=320}}</ref>

In 1810, the [[Kingdom of Holland]] were formally annexed by France. As part of the resulting changes, [[Jan Willem Janssens]] was appointed personally by [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] to replace Daendels as governor-general. Janssens had previously served as governor of the [[Dutch Cape Colony]], and had been forced to capitulate after being defeated by British forces at the [[Battle of Blaauwberg]] in 1806. Janssens accompanied a French frigate division under Joseph-François Raoul, which consisted of the frigates [[French frigate Méduse (1810)|''Méduse'']] and [[French frigate Nymphe (1811)|''Nymphe'']] and the corvette ''Sappho'', tasked with supporting Java. The division was accompanied by several hundred [[light infantry]]men and several senior French officers. They arrived in Java in April 1811 without mishap. On 2 September, the frigates arrived at [[Surabaya]], tailed by the 32-gun frigate [[HMS Bucephalus (1808)|HMS ''Bucephalus'']]. Two days later, the British sloop [[HMS Barracouta (1807)|HMS ''Barracouta'']] joined the chase, but lost contact on 8 September. Four days later, ''Méduse'' and ''Nymphe'' chased ''Bucephalus'', which escaped and broke contact the next day. The squadron was back in [[Brest, France]] on 22 December 1811.<ref name=Fregosi320/>

British forces [[Invasion of the Spice Islands|had already occupied]] the Dutch colonies of [[Ambon Island|Ambon]] and the [[Molucca Islands]]; they had also recently captured the French colonies of [[Réunion]] and [[Isle de France (Mauritius)|Isle de France]] in the [[Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811]]. [[Stamford Raffles]], an [[East India Company]] official who had been forced to leave the Dutch colony at [[Malacca]] when Holland was annexed, suggested to [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto|Lord Minto]], the [[Governor-General of India]], that Java and the other Dutch possessions should be captured. With the large forces which had been made available to him for the Mauritius campaign, Minto enthusiastically adopted the suggestion, and even proposed to accompany the expedition himself.<ref name=Fregosi320/>

===Naval raids===
The Navy was active off the Javanese coastline before and during the expedition. On 23 May 1811 a party from {{HMS|Sir Francis Drake|1805|6}} attacked a flotilla of fourteen Dutch gun vessels off [[Surabaya]], capturing nine of them.<ref name="James27"/> Merak, in north-western Java, was attacked and the fort defending the town largely demolished by a party from {{HMS|Minden|1810|6}} and HMS ''Leda'' on 30 July. On the same day {{HMS|Procris|1806|6}} attacked a squadron of six Dutch gunboats flying French colours, capturing five and destroying the sixth.<ref name="James30">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=30}}</ref><ref name="Woodman107"/>

==Invasion==
[[File:The Boats of H.M.S Sloop Procris (10 guns) engaging French Gunboats off the mouth of the Indramayo, Java.jpg|thumb|Captain Robert Maunsell capturing French Gunboats off the mouth of the [[Indramayu|Indramayo]], July 1811]]

The British force, initially under the command of Vice-Admiral [[William O'Bryen Drury]], and then after his death in March 1811, under Commodore [[William Robert Broughton]], assembled at bases in India in early 1811.<ref name="James26">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=26}}</ref> The first division of troops, under the command of Colonel [[Rollo Gillespie]], left [[Madras]] on 18 April, escorted by a squadron under Captain [[Christopher Cole (Royal Navy officer)|Christopher Cole]] aboard the 36-gun {{HMS|Caroline|1795|6}}. They arrived at [[Penang]] on 18 May, and on 21 May the second division, led by Major-General [[Frederick Augustus Wetherall]], which had left [[Calcutta]] on 21 April, escorted by a squadron under Captain [[Fleetwood Pellew]], aboard the 38-gun {{HMS|Phaeton|1782|6}} joined them.<ref name="James26"/> The two squadrons sailed together, arriving at [[Malacca]] on 1 June, where they made contact with a division of troops from [[Bengal]] under Lieutenant-General [[Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer)|Sir Samuel Auchmuty]], escorted by Commodore Broughton aboard the 74-gun {{HMS|Illustrious|1803|6}}. Auchmuty and Broughton became the military and naval commanders in chief respectively of the expedition.<ref name="James26"/> 

With the force now assembled Auchmuty had roughly 11,960 men under his command, the previous strength having been reduced by approximately 1,200 by sickness. Those too ill to travel on were landed at Malacca, and on 11 June the fleet sailed onwards. After calling at various points en route, the force arrived off [[Indramayu]] on 30 June.<ref name="James27">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=27}}</ref> On 31 July Captain Maunsell commanding the sloop the ''Procris'', discovered a convoy of 40 or 50 [[proas]], escorted by six French gunboats in the mouth of the Indromayo river. Launching boats they were able to board and capture five of the French gunboats in quick succession; the sixth blew up. Meanwhile, however, the convoy escaped up the shallow muddy river.<ref>{{cite web |title=Captain Robert Maunsell capturing French gunboats off Java, July 1811 |url=https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-15631 |website=Royal Greenwich Museums |access-date=27 February 2022}}</ref>

There the fleet waited for a time for intelligence concerning the Dutch strength. Colonel Mackenzie, an officer who had been dispatched to reconnoitre the coast, suggested a landing site at [[Cilincing]], an undefended fishing village {{convert|12|mi|km}} east of Batavia.<ref name="James31">{{cite book |last=James |title=The Naval History of Great Britain |volume=6 |page=31}}</ref> The fleet anchored off the Marandi River on 4 August, and began landing troops at 14:00.<ref name="Woodman107">{{cite book |last=Woodman|title=The Victory of Seapower|page=107}}</ref> The defenders were taken by surprise, and nearly six hours passed before Franco-Dutch troops arrived to oppose the landing, by which time 8,000 British troops had been landed.<ref name="Woodman107"/><ref name="James32">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=32}}</ref> A brief skirmish took place between the advance guards, and the Franco-Dutch forces were repulsed.<ref name="James32"/>

===Fall of Batavia===

On learning of the successful British landing, Janssens withdrew from Batavia with his army, which amounted to between 8,000 and 10,090 men, and garrisoned themselves in Fort Cornelis.<ref name="James32"/> The British advanced on Batavia, reaching it on 8 August and finding it undefended. The city surrendered to the forces under Colonel Gillespie, after Broughton and Auchmuty had offered promises to respect private property.<ref name="James32"/><ref name="Woodman108">{{cite book |last=Woodman|title=The Victory of Seapower|page=108}}</ref> The British were disappointed to find that part of the town had been set on fire, and many warehouses full of goods such as coffee and sugar had been looted or flooded, depriving them of [[prize money]].<ref name=Fregosi321/> On 9 August 1811 Rear-Admiral [[Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer)|Robert Stopford]] arrived and superseded Commodore Broughton, who was judged to be too cautious.<ref name=Fregosi321>{{cite book|last=Fregosi|title=Dreams of Empire|page=321}}</ref><ref name="James33">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=33}}</ref> Stopford had orders to supersede Rear-Admiral [[Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet|Albemarle Bertie]] as [[Cape of Good Hope Station|commander in chief at the Cape]], but on his arrival he learnt of Vice-Admiral Drury's death, and the planned expedition to Java, and so travelled on.<ref name="Woodman108"/>

===British advances===
General Janssens had always intended to rely on the tropical climate and disease to weaken the British army rather than oppose a landing.<ref name=Fregosi321/> The British now advanced on Janssens's stronghold, reducing enemy positions as they went. The Dutch military and naval station at Weltevreeden fell to the British after an attack on 10 August. British losses did not exceed 100 while the defenders lost over 300.<ref name=yourarchives>{{Cite web |url=http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Java_Expedition_1811 |title=nationalarchives site |access-date=2010-01-28 |archive-date=2012-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305085009/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Java_Expedition_1811 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In one skirmish, one of Janssens's French subordinates, General Alberti, was killed when he mistook some British riflemen{{cn|date=August 2023}} in their green uniforms for Dutch troops. Weltevreeden was six miles from Fort Cornelis and on 20 August the British began preparing fortifications of their own, some 600 yards from the Franco-Dutch positions.<ref name="James33"/>

===Siege of Fort Cornelis===
[[File:Post Meester Cornelis Batavia 1744.jpg|thumb|left|Diagram of Fort Cornelis, Batavia.]]
Fort Cornelis measured {{convert|1|mi|m}} in length by between {{convert|600|yd|m}} and {{convert|800|yd|m}} in breadth. Two hundred and eighty cannon were mounted on its walls and bastions. Its defenders were a mixed bag of Dutch, French and East Indies troops. Most of the locally raised East Indian troops were of doubtful loyalty and effectiveness, although there were some determined artillerymen from [[Sulawesi|Celebes]]. The captured station at Weltevreeden proved an ideal base from which the British could lay siege to Fort Cornelis. On 14 August the British completed a trail through the forests and pepper plantations to allow them to bring up heavy guns and munitions, and opened siege works on the north side of the Fort. For several days, there were exchanges of fire between the fort and the British batteries, manned mainly by [[Royal Marines]] and sailors from [[HMS Nisus (1810)|HMS ''Nisus'']].<ref>{{cite book|last=Fregosi|title=Dreams of Empire|page=322}}</ref>

A sortie from the fort early on the morning of 22 August briefly seized three of the British batteries, until they were driven back by some of the Bengal Sepoys and the [[69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot|69th Foot]].<ref name=yourarchives/> The two sides then exchanged heavy fire, faltering on 23 August, but resuming on 24 August.<ref name="Woodman108"/><ref name="James34">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=34}}</ref> The Franco-Dutch position worsened when a deserter helped General Rollo Gillespie to capture two of the redoubts by surprise. Gillespie, who was suffering from fever, collapsed, but recovered to storm a third redoubt. The French General Jauffret was taken prisoner. Two Dutch officers, Major Holsman and Major Muller, sacrificed themselves to blow up the redoubt's magazine.<ref name=Fregosi323>{{cite book|last=Fregosi|title=Dreams of Empire|page=323}}</ref>

The three redoubts were nevertheless the key to the defence, and their loss demoralised most of Janssens's East Indian troops. Many Dutch troops also defected, repudiating their allegiance to the French. The British stormed the fort at midnight on 25 August, capturing it after a bitter fight.<ref name="Woodman108"/><ref name="James34"/> The siege cost the British 630 casualties. The defenders' casualties were heavier, but only those among officers were fully recorded. Forty of them were killed, sixty-three wounded and 230 captured, including two French generals.<ref name=Fregosi323/> Nearly 5,000 men were captured, including three general officers, 34 field officers, 70 captains and 150 subaltern officers.<ref name="James34"/> 1,000 men were found dead in the fort, with more being killed in the subsequent pursuit.<ref name="James34"/> Janssens escaped to [[Buitenzorg]] with a few survivors from his army, but was forced to abandon the town when the British approached.<ref name="James34"/>

Total British losses in the campaign after the fall of Fort Cornelis amounted to 141 killed, 733 wounded and 13 missing from the Army, and 15 killed, 45 wounded and three missing from the Navy; a total of 156 killed, 788 wounded and 16 missing by 27 August.<ref name="James34"/>

===Later actions===
Royal Navy ships continued to patrol off the coast, occasionally making raids on targets of opportunity. On 4 September two French 40-gun frigates, the [[French frigate Méduse (1810)|''Méduse'']] and the [[French frigate Nymphe (1811)|''Nymphe'']] attempted to escape from [[Surabaya]]. They were pursued by the 36-gun {{HMS|Bucephalus|1808|6}} and the 18-gun HMS ''Barracouta'', until ''Barracouta'' lost contact.<ref name="James35">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=35}}</ref><ref name="Woodman109">{{cite book |last=Woodman|title=The Victory of Seapower|page=109}}</ref> ''Bucephalus'' pursued them alone until 12 September, when the French frigates came about and attempted to overhaul her. ''Bucephalus''{{'}}s commander, Captain Charles Pelly, turned about and tried to lead the pursuing French over shoals, but seeing the danger, they hauled off and abandoned the chase, returning to Europe.<ref name="James36">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=36}}</ref><ref name="Woodman110">{{cite book |last=Woodman|title=The Victory of Seapower|page=110}}</ref>

On 31 August a force from the frigates {{HMS|Hussar|1807|6}}, {{HMS|Phaeton|1782|6}} and {{HMS|Sir Francis Drake|1805|6}}, and the sloop HMS ''Dasher'' captured the fort and town of [[Sumenep]], on [[Madura Island]] in the face of a large Dutch defending force.<ref name="Woodman110"/> The rest of Madura and several surrounding islands placed themselves under the British soon afterwards.<ref name="James38">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=38}}</ref> Suspecting Janssens to be in [[Cirebon]], a force was landed there from {{HMS|Lion|1777|6}}, {{HMS|Nisus|1810|6}}, [[French frigate President|HMS ''President'']], {{HMS|Phoebe|1795|6}} and {{HMS|Hesper|1809|6}} on 4 September, causing the defenders to promptly surrender. General Jamelle, a member of Janssens's staff, was captured in the fall of the town.<ref name="Woodman110"/><ref name="James38"/> The town and fort of Taggal surrendered on 12 September after {{HMS|Nisus|1810|6}} and {{HMS|Phoebe|1795|6}} arrived offshore.<ref name="James39">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=39}}</ref>

While the navy took control of coastal towns, the army pushed on into the interior of the island. Janssens had been reinforced on 3 September by 1,200 mounted irregulars under Prince Prang Wedono and other Javanese militia. On 16 September [[Salatiga]] fell to the British.<ref name="James39"/> Janssens attacked a British force under Colonel [[Samuel Gibbs (officer)|Samuel Gibbs]] that day, but was repulsed. Many of the native militia killed their Dutch officers in the ensuing rout.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fregosi|title=Dreams of Empire|page=324}}</ref> With his effective force reduced to a handful of men, Janssens surrendered two days later, on 18 September.<ref name="Woodman110"/><ref name="James39"/>

==Aftermath==
The Dutch-held islands of [[Ambon Island|Amboyna]], [[Haruku|Harouka]], [[Saparua]], [[Nusa Laut|Nasso-Laut]], [[Buru]], [[Manipa]], [[Manado]], [[Kupang|Copang]], Amenang, Kemar, Twangwoo, and [[Ternate]] had surrendered to a force led by Captain Edward Tucker in 1810, while Captain Christopher Cole captured the [[Banda Islands]], completing the conquest of Dutch possessions in the [[Maluku Islands]].<ref name="Woodman104-6"/> Java became the last major colonial possession in the East not under British control, and its fall marked the effective end of the war in these waters.<ref name="Woodman110"/><ref name="Woodman104-6">{{cite book|last=Woodman|title=The Victory of Seapower|pages=104–106}}</ref> [[Stamford Raffles]] was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Java.<ref>Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor By [[Keat Gin Ooi]] Contributor Keat Gin Ooi Published by ABC-CLIO, 2004; {{ISBN|978-1-57607-770-2}}; p. 937</ref><ref>British India – From Queen Elizabeth To Lord Reading. By An Indian Mahomedan Contributed by Theodore Morison, 1926 republished by Read Books, 2007;  {{ISBN|978-1-4067-5148-2}}; pp. 81, 82, 83, 84</ref> He ended Dutch administrative methods, liberalized the system of land tenure, and extended trade.

Britain returned Java and other East Indian possessions to the newly independent [[United Kingdom of the Netherlands]] under the terms of the [[Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814|Convention of London]] in 1814. One enduring legacy of the British occupation was the road rules, as the British had decreed that [[Left- and right-hand traffic|traffic should drive on the left]], and this has endured in [[Indonesia]] to this day.

==Sepoy revolt==
The [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[sepoy]] regiments stationed in Yogyakarta in 1815, inspired by the Hindu rituals of the [[Surakarta]] court and the glory of the Javanese temples of [[Prambanan]] and [[Borobodur]] planned a revolt against the British. This plot was conjured with the help of [[Pakubuwana IV|Sunan]] and the sepoys planned to kill all the British officers, overthrow European power, and install a Bengali administration over the whole island. In the end, the plan never came to fruition. As described by British officer Sir Stamford Raffles:

{{blockquote |text=the Hindus appear to have been gratified at discovering relics of their ancient religion and faith [in Java] and to have received without dislike a country in which they found themselves so much at home...the sepoys always pointed out that Java was the land of Brama. This they would say was the country in which their gods took delight; this must be the country described in their sacredbooks and not Hindustan, which, if ever the abode of the gods must have since been strangely altered, and that it was a sin and a shame that the land of Brama should remain in the hands of infidels |author= Sir Stamford Raffles}}

He further stated that this revolt would ultimately have led to the reestablishment of [[Hinduism]] in Java and the expulsion of European power

{{blockquote |text=The intimacy between this prince [Pakubuwana IV] and the Sepoys first commenced from his attending ceremonies of their religious worship, which was Hindu, and assisting them with several idols of that worship which had been preserved in his family. The conspirators availing themselves of the predilection of the prince for the religion of his ancestors, flattered him by addressing him as a descendant of the great Ráma [Rama], and a deliberate plan was formed, the object of which was to place the European provinces once more under a Hindu power. Had this plan been attended with success, it would probably have been followed by the almost immediate and general reconversion of the Javanese themselves to the Hindu faith |author= Sir Stamford Raffles}}

The Sunan of Surakarta took an avid interest in the [[Hindus|Hindu]] sepoys, and would attend [[Puja (Hinduism)|Pooja]] with the Bengalis, who prayed to Javanese idols which likely had not seen worship in centuries. He would also allow them to take part in his court, and use his facilities for worship and training.

{{blockquote |text=In Surakarta, however, the Sunan immediately responded to the sepoys’ overtures by lending them Hindu images from the court collections and by providing money for the decoration of the statues and to light up the ghāt (platforms) on which they were placed. He also attended various ceremonies inside the fort, usually alone and dressed as a common Javanese, but sometimes also accompanied by members of his family when he would arrive by carriage (Carey 1977:302). In return, the Sunan welcomed leading sepoy conspirators into his court, sitting with them in the evenings at the Randingan, the place set aside for archery practice in the kraton, where he would interrogate them on the manner and customs of India and watch their gymnastic displays (Carey 1977:303, 317 note 61). The sepoys also told him about the history of Bengal, the strength of the British army in India and their victories there, stressing that the power of the farang (British) was entirely dependant on their British-Indian troops<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.academia.edu/20133619 |title=The Kolkata (Calcutta) Stone and the Bicentennial of the British Interregnum in Java, 1811–1816 |last1=Carey |first1=Peter B. |journal=The Newsletter |number=74 |date=Summer 2016 |via=academia.edu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://brill.com/downloadpdf/book/9789067183031/B9789067183031-s009.pdf |title=Into a new era the British interregnum, 1812–1816}}</ref>}}

==British order of battle==
Stopford's fleet on his arrival on 9 August to assume command of the expedition, consisted of the following ships, dispersed around the Javanese coast:<ref name="James33"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|- valign="top"
! colspan="6" style="background:white;"|Rear-Admiral Stopford's fleet
|- valign="top"|- valign="top"
!  style="width:20%; text-align:center;"| <small> Ship </small>
!  style="width:15%; text-align:center;"| <small> Rate </small>
!  style="width:5%; text-align:center;"| <small> Guns </small>
!  style="width:5%; text-align:center;"| <small> Navy </small>
!  style="width:25%; text-align:center;"| <small> Commander </small>
!  style="width:29%; text-align:center;"| <small>Notes</small>
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Scipion|1805|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Third rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 74
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Rear-Admiral Hon. [[Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer)|Robert Stopford]]<br />Captain James Johnson
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Illustrious|1803|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Third rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 74
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Commodore [[William Robert Broughton]]<br>Captain Robert Festing
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Minden|1810|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Third rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 74
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain Edward Wallis Hoare
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Lion|1777|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Third rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 64
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[Henry Heathcote]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[HMS Cornwallis (1805)|HMS ''Akbar'']]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 44
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain Henry Drury
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Nisus|1810|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[Philip Beaver]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[French frigate Président|HMS ''President'']]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[Samuel Warren (Royal Navy officer)|Samuel Warren]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Hussar|1807|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[James Coutts Crawford]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Phaeton|1782|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 38
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[Fleetwood Pellew]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| HMS ''Leda''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 36
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[George Sayer (Royal Navy officer)|George Sayer]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Caroline|1795|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 36
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[Christopher Cole (Royal Navy officer)|Christopher Cole]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Modeste|1793|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 36
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[George Elliot (Royal Navy officer, born 1784)|George Elliot]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Phoebe|1795|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 36
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[James Hillyar]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Bucephalus|1808|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 36
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain Charles Pelly
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Doris|1808|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 36
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain William Jones Lye
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Cornelia|1808|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 32
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain Henry Folkes Edgell
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Psyche|1805|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 32
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain [[John Edgcumbe]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Sir Francis Drake|1805|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Fifth rate]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 32
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Captain George Harris
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Procris|1806|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Brig-sloop]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Commander Robert Maunsell
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| HMS ''Barracouta''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Brig-sloop]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Commander [[William Fitzwilliam Owen]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Hesper|1809|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Ship-sloop]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Commander [[Barrington Reynolds]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Harpy|1796|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sloop-of-war|Sloop]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"|Commander Henderson Bain
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| {{HMS|Hecate|1809|6}}
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Brig-sloop]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Commander [[Henry Peachey, 3rd Baron Selsey|Henry John Peachey]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| HMS ''Dasher''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sloop-of-war|Sloop]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Commander [[Benedictus Marwood Kelly]]
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Dutch corvette Scipio (1784)|HMS ''Samarang'']]
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Sloop-of-war|Sloop]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 18
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|22px]]
| style="text-align:left;"| Commander Joseph Drury
| style="text-align:left;"|
|- valign="top"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|In addition to the vessels of the Royal Navy, the East India Company provided the services of several of their ships, led by ''Malabar'' under Commodore [[John Hayes (explorer)|John Hayes]]. The EIC vessels included ''Ariel'', {{ship|HCS|Aurora|1809|2}}, ''Mornington'', ''Nautilus'', ''Psyche'', ''Thetis'', and ''Vestal''.
|- valign="top"
| colspan="6" style=text-align:left;|{{see also|Transport vessels for the British invasion of Java (1811)}} When one adds in the transport vessels, and several gunboats captured as the campaign progressed, Stopford commanded nearly a hundred ships.<ref name="James33"/>
|- valign="top"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left;"|The [[British Army]] troops attached to the force included 12,000 soldiers from the [[22nd Dragoons|22nd Light Dragoons]], [[West Yorkshire Regiment|14th Foot]], [[59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot|59th Foot]], [[69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot|69th Foot]], [[78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot|78th Foot]]; [[89th (The Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot|89th Foot]], and [[New South Wales Corps|102nd Foot]]. The Navy provided contingents of the [[Royal Marines]]. The EIC contributed several regiments of Madras Native Infantry and Bengal Native Infantry, with half of the overall troop strength consisting of EIC Indian troops. General [[Samuel Auchmuty (British Army officer)|Samuel Auchmuty]] was the overall commander, but he delegated the field command to Major General [[Rollo Gillespie]].<ref name=Fregosi321/>
|}

==Citations==
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==References==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Fregosi|first=Paul|author-link=Paul Fregosi|title=Dreams of Empire: Napoleon and the First World War 1792–1815|publisher=Hutchinson|year=1989|isbn=0-09-173926-8}}
* {{cite book |first=William|last=James|author-link=William James (naval historian)|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PN09AAAAcAAJ |title=The Naval History of Great Britain: From the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV|publisher=R. Bentley|location=London|year=1847|volume=6}}
* {{cite book |first=Richard|last=Woodman|title=The Victory of Seapower: Winning the Napoleonic War 1806–1814|publisher=Mercury Books|location=London|year=2005|isbn=1-84560-012-6}}
{{refend}}
==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book|last=Carey|first=Peter|author-link=Peter Carey (historian)|title=The British in Java, 1811–1816. A Javanese Account|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1992}}
* {{cite book|last=Boulger|first=Demetrius Charles|title=The Life of Sir Stamford Raffles|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.501910/page/n107|chapter=Chapter IV: The Java Expedition|publisher=H. Marshall|year=1897|pages=83–88}}
{{refend}}
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