The siege and storming of Pleret was a siege and storming that occurred in Pleret during the

Java War The Java War ( jv, ꦥꦼꦫꦁꦗꦮ) or Diponegoro War () was fought in central Java from 1825 to 1830, between the colonial Dutch Empire and native Javanese rebels. The war started as a rebellion led by Prince Diponegoro, a leading member ...

. It was the first time that

Diponegoro Prince Diponegoro ( jv, ꦢꦶꦥꦤꦼꦒꦫ; born Bendara Raden Mas Mustahar, ; later Bendara Raden Mas Antawirya ; 11 November 1785 – 8 January 1855), also known as Dipanegara, was a Javanese prince who opposed the Dutch colonial rule. The ...

didn't avoid a pitched battle and it resulted in Dutch victory.

Background and battle

Pleret was abandoned as a capital but still played another role during the

(1825–1830) between the Dutch and the Javanese forces under

Prince Diponegoro Prince Diponegoro ( jv, ꦢꦶꦥꦤꦼꦒꦫ; born Bendara Raden Mas Mustahar, ; later Bendara Raden Mas Antawirya ; 11 November 1785 – 8 January 1855), also known as Dipanegara, was a Javanese people, Javanese prince who opposed the Dutch Colo ...

. Pleret was occupied by Diponegoro in 1825. He kept his weapons and livestock there. Diponegoro used it as a base to attack convoys supplying the nearby

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held by the Dutch. In April 1826, the Dutch attacked Pleret under General . Diponegoro did not engage in combat and withdrew to the west. Van Geen entered Pleret and took the weapons and livestock kept there as booty. Lacking forces to keep the town, he withdrew to

Yogyakarta Yogyakarta (; jv, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ ; pey, Jogjakarta) is the capital city of Special Region of Yogyakarta in Indonesia, in the south-central part of the island of Java. As the only Indonesian royal city still ruled by a monarchy, ...

. Thereafter Diponegoro reocuppied the town and fortified it. Diponegoro gave particular importance to this city. 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. After a day of "bloody fighting", the attackers completely occupied Pleret. 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.

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* {{Cite journal , first=Jacques , last=Dumarçay , authorlink=Jacques Dumarçay , title=Plered, capitale d'Amangkurat I^er , date=1989 , publisher=PERSEE , url=http://www.persee.fr/doc/arch_0044-8613_1989_num_37_1_2570 , access-date=13 April 2012 , language=fr , journal=Archipel , volume=37, issue=1, pages=189–198 , doi=10.3406/arch.1989.2570 Royal Netherlands Army Dutch conquest of Indonesia

Background and battle

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