Battle of Cailaco
| Battle of Cailaco | |||||||||
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,_Arquivo_Hist%C3%B3rico_Ultramarino.jpg) The siege of the mountain stronghold Cailaco in 1726[1] | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Allied Timorese kingdoms[2] | 15 kingdoms alliance | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Joaquim de Matos[3] | D. Aleixo[4]: 248 | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 5,500[2] | 8,600[1] | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 39 dead[3] |
700+ dead[3] 168 prisoners[3] | ||||||||
The Battle of Cailaco was a six-week siege in Timor between the Kingdom of Portugal and 15 allied Timorese kingdoms fought from 23 October to 8 December 1726.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Hägerdal, Hans (2012). Lords of the Land, Lords of the Sea. p. 339. ISBN 9789004253506.
- ^ a b c Durand, Frédéric (14 October 2011). "Three centuries of violence and struggle in East Timor (1726-2008)". SciencesPo.
- ^ a b c d e Damaledo, Andrey (27 September 2018). "Spirit of the crocodile". Divided Loyalties: Displacement, belonging and citizenship among East Timorese in West Timor. ANU Press. ISBN 9781760462376. Archived from the original on 26 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Kammen, Douglas (2010). "Subordinating Timor: Central authority and the origins of communal identities in East Timor". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 166 (2/3): 244–269. doi:10.1163/22134379-90003618. ISSN 0006-2294. JSTOR 27868578. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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