Second Sumatran expedition

Second Sumatran expedition
	Part of the Sumatran expeditions
	; Sumatra; conflict between Americans and Malays occurred in the northwestern region of the island.
Date	December 1838 – January 1839
Location	Meukek, Aceh Sultanate
Result	American and Dutch victory Malays cease attacks on American vessels;
Belligerents
United States; Netherlands	Chiefdom of Quallah Battoo
Commanders and leaders
George C. Read; T.W. Wyman; Dominique Jacques de Eerens	Unknown
Strength
Land:; 360 marine infantry and sailors; Sea:; 2 frigates	Unknown

The Second Sumatran expedition was a punitive expedition by the United States Navy against inhabitants of the island of Sumatra. After Malay warriors or pirates had massacred the crew of the American merchant ship Eclipse, an expedition of two American warships landed a force that defeated the Malays in two short engagements.

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