Battle of Perlis River

Battle of Perlis River
Part of Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts

Francis Xavier at Malacca inspiring Portuguese soldiers to fight the Acehnese. 1619 painting by André Reinoso.
Date6 December 1547[1]
Location
Perlis River
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire  Aceh Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Dom Francisco de Eça[2] Bayaya Soora[2]
Strength
9 light galleys[2]
230 Portuguese soldiers[2]		 5,380 men[2]
60 vessels[2]
Casualties and losses
29 dead[2] 147 wounded[2] 4,000 men killed, captured, dead or missing[3][2]
45 vessels captured,[2] 10 sunk[2]

The Battle of Perlis River was an armed engagement that took place in 1547 in the Perlis River between a Portuguese fleet and a fleet of the Sultanate of Aceh. The Portuguese achieved "a complete victory" over the Acehnese fleet, which was almost completely destroyed.[3]

  1. ^ Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volumes 19-20, 1941, p. 192.
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