Draft:Expedition to Gamrange (1783)

Expedition to Gamrange (1783)
	Part of Nuku Rebellion
Date	25 May–28 September 1783
Location	Gamrange and Raja Ampat
Result	Tidore victory
Belligerents
Dutch East Indies; Sultanate of Ternate	Tidore Sultanate; Papuan pirates
Commanders and leaders
Coenraad Van Dijk †	Nuku of Tidore
Strength
Hundred ships and thousands of soldiers	Hundred troops
Casualties and losses
Entire force was killed including commander; Weapons and ships get captured by rebels; 200 Ternatean captured	Light casualties

Expedition to Gamrage (1783) was a military expedition by the Dutch government in Ternate to suppress the Nuku rebels and knockdown the Papuan pirates in Raja Ampat. However, the expedition was failed and the entire of Dutch forces was killed also the commander was killed.

Background

To suppresed the revolt, the Dutch started the military expedition to Gamrange and Raja Ampat. The leader of this expedition was Admiral Coenraad Van Dijk and he was targeted Gamrange Island and Raja Ampat island. They arrived in 25 May 1783.^[1]

Expedition

They landed in Gamrange in September and Raja Ampat in August, the native papuan welcomed them it makes a big hope to collaborate to defeat rebels.^[2] But in the last September they received a news about the traitor in the expedition who make the entire Dutch forces killed include the commander by the traitors and rebels.^[3] The situation was worse by the information the artillery and ships was captured by the rebels, and Kapiten Hairun who get raised by VOC was left the VOC and joined with rebel forces, at least 200 Ternate people were captured.^[4]

References

^ Anthonie, Haga (15 August 1884). Nederlandsch Nieuw Guinea (in Dutch). Batavia: Bruining (published 1884-08-15). p. 389. ISBN 978-1018047423.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Anthonie, Haga (15 August 1884). Nederlandsch Nieuw Guinea (in Dutch). Batavia: Bruining (published 1884-08-15). p. 390. ISBN 978-1018047423.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ NA (1796-09-20). Secret Letter to VOC. VOC. pp. 140–142.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ NA (1796-09-20). Secret Letter to VOC. VOC. pp. 142–144.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[1] Anthonie, Haga (15 August 1884). Nederlandsch Nieuw Guinea (in Dutch). Batavia: Bruining (published 1884-08-15). p. 389. ISBN 978-1018047423.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[2] Anthonie, Haga (15 August 1884). Nederlandsch Nieuw Guinea (in Dutch). Batavia: Bruining (published 1884-08-15). p. 390. ISBN 978-1018047423.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[3] NA (1796-09-20). Secret Letter to VOC. VOC. pp. 140–142.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[4] NA (1796-09-20). Secret Letter to VOC. VOC. pp. 142–144.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

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