Battle of Kota Batu (1578)
| Battle of Kota Batu | |||||||||
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| Part of the Castilian War | |||||||||
Bruneian forces fighting Spanish forces | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Bruneian Sultanate | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| De Sande Picón | Sultan Saiful Rijal | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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2,200 men 40 ships | 50 ships | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | 50 ships destroyed | ||||||||
| Nearly the entire civilian population of Kota Batu was massacred by the Spanish after the battle. | |||||||||
The Battle of Kota Batu was a military operation in which Spanish forces successfully besieged and destroyed Kota Batu, the capital of the eponymous sultanate. Afterwards, Sultan Saiful Rijal and his followers retreated to Jerudong.