What the records say
- When
- 9 Nov 1749
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 10.16° S, 123.66° E
- Description
- Took place on 9 November 1749 in the hillside of Penfui, near modern Kupang
Battle of Penfui
Took place on 9 November 1749 in the hillside of Penfui, near modern Kupang
The Battle of Penfui took place on 9 November 1749 in the hillside of Penfui, near modern Kupang. A large Topass army was defeated by a numerically inferior Dutch East India Company force following the withdrawal of the former's Timorese allies from the battlefield, resulting in the death of the Topass leader Gaspar da Costa.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Penfui on Timor: A large Topass army is defeated by a numerically inferior Dutch East India Company”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Auf der Insel Timor kommt es zur Schlacht von Penfui”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “se da la Batalla de Penfui”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page