The British held Bencoolen on the west coast of Sumatra from 1685 to 1825, and held Java from 1811-16. They had also had trading posts at Bantam and a few other places (where there would have been an East India Company garrison). Hope this helps fill in some gaps, Justin Corfield Geelong, Australia > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Heal [SMTP:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, 10 February 2003 6:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 26th Regiment of Foot > > Hello Mike, > > the British did in fact take control of Batavia/Java for a period > around 1800-1812 > while Holland was controlled by Napoleon. As they did in Mauritius > and South Africa. > > Eventually they gave Java back to Dutch control. > > Singapore was started by English at the time they were forced to leave > Java due to it being given back to the Dutch. > > Not sure of exact dates. > > > Hope this helps > > Robert Heal > > -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/tt