battle, nineteenth century

Battle of Brunei Town

Name: Battle of Brunei Town
Location: Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

Battle of Brunei Town was a battle fought in 1845 at Bandar Seri Begawan, in what is now Brunei. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Bandar Seri Begawan. It was part of the Anglo-Bruneian War, which ran from 1845 to 1846. The recorded result: Sarawakian victory. Recorded strength: ~100 warrior; 1 cannon; 300 Kedayans; 7 proa against 1 gunboat; ~300-400; ~100.

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Fought1845

WhereBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei4.917N, 114.917E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSarawakian victory

BelligerentsBruneian Empire; House of BolkiahagainstUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Raj of Sarawak; House of Digadong

Casualties and lossesUnknownandUnknown

Part ofAnglo-Bruneian War1845 to 1846

Where it sits in the Anglo-Bruneian War

3 placed engagements of the Anglo-Bruneian War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1845 (year precision)
Place	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 4.917N, 114.917E
Kind	Battle, nineteenth century
Strength	~100 warrior; 1 cannon; 300 Kedayans; 7 proa	1 gunboat; ~300-400; ~100
Casualties and losses	Unknown	Unknown
Commanders	Omar Ali Saifuddin II	Thomas John Cochrane Pengiran Budaruddin Pengiran Muda Hashim

Placed at Bandar Seri Begawan; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Labuan 1945, 55 km NE
Battle of Beaufort 1945, 103 km NE
Operation Claret date unknown, 140 km SE
Raid on Kalabakan 1963, 291 km E
Battle of Tarakan 1945, 342 km SE

In the same war

After: Bombardment of Brunei Town 1846
All 3 engagements of Anglo-Bruneian War

Elsewhere in 1845

Battle of Brunei Town is one of 3,694 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 4 in present-day Brunei.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q136451014, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Brunei Town, revision 1370435327, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.