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Battle of Formoso River

Battle of Formoso River
Part of Acehnese–Portuguese conflicts
Date27 November – 2 December 1615[1]
Location
Formoso River[1]
Result Portuguese victory[1][2]
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Aceh Sultanate
Commanders and leaders
Francisco de Miranda Henriques
Diogo de Mendonça Furtado		 Iskandar Muda
Strength

4 galleons[1]

6 half-galleys
10 jáleas[1]

300[3] – 500 vessels[4][2]

30,000,[3] 40,000[1] or 60,000 men[2][4]
Casualties and losses
1 galleon, 1 half-galley, 100 dead, 30 POWs.[1] 20,000 men, 200 POWs.[1]

The Battle of Formoso River of 1615 was an naval battle that took place in the Malay Peninsula in the Formoso River, between a Portuguese fleet and a large fleet of the Sultanate of Aceh, one of the largest Aceh had ever mobilized against the Portuguese in Malacca.[1][5]

In what was "one of the bloodiest battles the Portuguese fought in south-east Asia", the Acehnese suffered so much damage they were forced to call off their plans to attack Malacca and returned to Aceh.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Saturnino Monteiro (1992): Batalhas e Combates da Marinha Portuguesa volume V, Livrariu Sá da Costa Editora, pp. 193-199.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Adam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference borschberg was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Frederick Charles Danvers: The Portuguese in India: A.D. 1571-1894, part II, 1894, W.H. Allen & Company, limited, pp. 175-176.
  5. ^ Clemens R. Markham: Ocean Highways, The Geographical Review, 1874, p. 181.

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