Forced to make repairs , Sercey took Bringing his squadron to the allied Batavian city of Batavia , sheltering Placing there until January 1797 .

As Sercey left Departing Batavia he turned eastward along the northern coast of Java to avoid Preventing_or_letting the British commander in the region , Admiral Peter Rainier , who was escorting Patrolling four ships through the Straits of Malacca to the west .

The French frigates , particularly `` Vertu '' and `` Seine '' , also suffered Damaging and by late morning both sides disengaged Escaping , the British retiring Process_end to Madras for repairs while Sercey anchored Placing at King 's Island in the Mergui Archipelago , eventually sheltering in Batavia .

The Raid on Batavia of 27 November 1806 was an attempt by a large British naval force to destroy Destroying the Dutch squadron based on Java in the Dutch East Indies that posed Causation a threat to British shipping in the Straits of Malacca .

The British admiral in command of the eastern Indian Ocean , Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew , led a force of four ships of the line , two frigates and brig to the capital of Java at Batavia ( later renamed Djakarta ) , in search of the squadron , which was reported Reporting to consist Cause_to_be_included of a number of Dutch ships of the line and several smaller vessels .

The raid reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the effectiveness of Batavia as a Dutch base , but the continued presence of the main Dutch squadron at Griessie concerned Pellew and he led Bringing a second operation the following year to complete his defeat of the Dutch .

The 1740 Batavia massacre Killing ( , literally `` Murder Killing of the Chinese '' ; , meaning `` Chinatown Tumult Killing '' ) was a pogrom Killing in which Dutch East Indies soldiers and native collaborators Collaboration killed Killing ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia ( present-day Jakarta ) in the Dutch East Indies .

The 1740 Batavia massacre Killing ( , literally `` Murder Killing of the Chinese '' ; , meaning `` Chinatown Tumult Killing '' ) was a pogrom Killing in which Dutch East Indies soldiers and native collaborators Collaboration killed Killing ethnic Chinese residents of the port city of Batavia ( present-day Jakarta ) in the Dutch East Indies .

The violence Violence soon spread Dispersal throughout Batavia , killing Killing more Chinese .

In November 1806 , Admiral Pellew led the main body of his squadron against the capital of the Dutch East Indies at Batavia and a year later eliminated Destroying the last vessels of the Dutch East Indies squadron at Griessie .

The Action of 18 October 1806 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter during the Napoleonic Wars , fought Hostile_encounter between the British Royal Navy frigate HMS `` Caroline '' and a Dutch squadron at the entrance to Batavia harbour on Java in the Dutch East Indies .

The action , and that of with the earlier Action of 26 July 1806 , demonstrated Protest the weakness of the Dutch squadron in the East Indies and convinced Convincing Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew to lead Bringing an operation Military_operation against Batavia to eliminate Emptying the remainder of the Dutch squadron in November 1806 .

Lacking the forces to effect an invasion of the Dutch colony , Pellew instead sought to isolate and blockade the Dutch squadron based at Batavia in preparation for raids specifically targeting the Dutch ships with his main force .

`` Greyhound '' intercepted and defeated Conquering a Dutch convoy off the coast of Sulawesi on 25 July and three months later the frigate managed to capture the Dutch frigate at the entrance to Batavia harbour .

Following these successes , Pellew was able to bring Bringing his main force to bear on the island and in November 1806 launched a major raid on Batavia , destroying the remaining frigate and a number of minor warships from the Dutch squadron .

It was an uprising Change_of_leadership against the Roman Empire started Process_start by the Batavi , a small but militarily powerful Germanic tribe that inhabited Batavia , on the delta of the river Rhine .