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Endicott and the other surviving members of his crew managed to escape to another port with the assistance of a friendly native chief named Po Adam. There they enlisted the help of three other merchant captains who agreed to help him recover his vessel. With their help, Endicott managed to retake his
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and pillaging occurred with a range of plunder being looted from the town as well as many civilians being massacred by U.S. troops. Downes later ordered his men to return to the ship and bombarded the fifth fort as well as the town until its surviving leaders agreed to surrender, killing another 300
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Captain Charles Endicott had arrived off the chiefdom of Kuala Batu in order to secure a cargo of pepper. Various small trading boats darted back and forth along the coast trading pepper with the merchant ships waiting offshore. On 7 February 1831, Endicott and a few of his men went ashore to
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The remaining uleëbalang begged for mercy and Downes informed them that if any
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100:Belligerents
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39:Part of the
26:
1290:Bosnian War
1250:Vietnam War
1225:World War I
1215:Banana Wars
1145:War of 1812
903: /
610:betray the
493:bluejackets
440:John Downes
356:merchantman
344:subdistrict
340:Kuala Batee
172:Po Muhammad
150:John Downes
125:Netherlands
77:Kuala Batee
1443:Categories
1428:War crimes
1295:Kosovo War
1240:Korean War
1220:Border War
1079:Bonus Army
1074:Tulsa riot
1064:Red Summer
984:Mormon War
891:96°45′51″E
758:References
519:injuries.
470:Friendship
411:Friendship
402:Friendship
388:Background
374:uleëbalang
360:Friendship
328:Indonesian
239:11 wounded
169:Uleëbalang
1135:Quasi-War
1024:Range War
888:3°45′27″N
767:(1999) .
745:30 August
706:30 August
681:30 August
579:Citations
532:Aftermath
516:matchlock
433:USS
384:in 1838.
147:Commodore
1418:Cold War
1335:Cameroon
1305:Iraq War
1275:Gulf War
999:Utah War
957:Domestic
844:(1835).
815:(2008).
791:(1980).
557:See also
476:boarded
378:Sumatran
352:reprisal
237:2 killed
212:warriors
178:Strength
72:Location
1356:Related
1118:Foreign
876:Potomac
612:Potomac
525:looting
512:muskets
508:Potomac
504:Potomac
497:Potomac
489:marines
482:Potomac
478:Potomac
466:Potomac
435:Potomac
430:frigate
394:Sumatra
369:Potomac
365:frigate
334:by the
202:frigate
193:sailors
827:
801:
777:
620:krises
549:under
474:Malays
461:Battle
398:pepper
350:. The
122:
88:Result
1340:Libya
1330:Syria
615:'
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414:'
407:proas
226:proas
217:forts
210:~500
207:Land:
184:Land:
1325:Iraq
874:USS
825:ISBN
799:ISBN
775:ISBN
747:2010
708:2010
683:2010
491:and
445:The
324:Aceh
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