Raffles And The British Invasion Of Java
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| Originally published | 2012 |
| Authors | Tim Hannigan |
| Genres | Biography |
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| ID | 2460564 |
About Raffles And The British Invasion Of Java
On a hot August afternoon in 1811, an army of 10,000 British redcoats splashed ashore through the muddy shallows off Batavia (the former name of Jakarta, Indonesia's capital) to conquer the Dutch colony of Java. They would remain there for five turbulent years. . . .