Battle off Mukah
The Battle off Mukah was a naval engagement fought in 1862 between the navy of Sarawak and pirates. After the kidnapping of Sarawakian citizens some time before, their navy dispatched two small warships which encountered the pirates off Mukah on the northern coast of Borneo. In an unusual action, the Rajah Mudah, Captain John Brooke, then the heir apparent to be white rajah of Sarawak, led his force in the defeat of six pirate ships and the rescue of captured civilians.
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Battle off Mukah
The Battle off Mukah was a naval engagement fought in 1862 between the navy of Sarawak and pirates. After the kidnapping of Sarawakian citizens some time before, their navy dispatched two small warships which encountered the pirates off Mukah on the northern coast of Borneo. In an unusual action, the Rajah Mudah, Captain John Brooke, then the heir apparent to be white rajah of Sarawak, led his force in the defeat of six pirate ships and the rescue of captured civilians.
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The Battle off Mukah was a nav ...... rescue of captured civilians.
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1 gunboat damaged
1 steamer damaged
~2 wounded
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Moro Pirates
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Sarawakian victory
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The ship of James Brooke engaging pirates off Sarawak.
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mid November 1862
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The Battle off Mukah was a nav ...... rescue of captured civilians.
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