Raid on Sumatra

Raid on Sumatra
	Part of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
	; Admiralty Chart of Dutch Padang on west coast of Sumatra. Inset shows Poolo Chinco. Both surrendered to the British on 18 August 1781
Date	4 - 18 August 1781
Location	Padang, Sumatra
Result	British victory
Belligerents
British East India Company	Dutch East India Company
Commanders and leaders
Henry Botham	Jacob van Heemskerk
Strength
6 ships; 100 troops	2 fortifications; 800 troops
Casualties and losses
None	All forts, stores and vessels captured

The Raid on Sumatra was a military event which took place during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War in August 1781. A fleet of the British East India Company set forth to capture the Dutch settlements on Sumatra including Padang. The raid which was more a bluff, was highly successful and netted much profit for the East India Company; in addition the raid also compelled the Dutch to give trading rights to the British after war.^[1]

^ Cust, Sir Edward (1862). Annals of the Wars of the Eighteenth Century: Compiled from the Most Authentic Histories of the Period. J. Murray.

[1] Cust, Sir Edward (1862). Annals of the Wars of the Eighteenth Century: Compiled from the Most Authentic Histories of the Period. J. Murray.

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