Padas Damit War

Padas Damit War

Location of Padas Damit
Date1888-1889 (1 year)
Location
British North Borneo
Result BNBC victory
Belligerents
Bruneian Sultanate North Borneo Chartered Company
Commanders and leaders
Pengiran Syahbandar Panglima Hassan
Dang Insum
Sharif Omar
Pengiran Babu Fatimah
Units involved
Bruneian Army British North Borneo Constabulary
Strength
around 150 men 3,000
Casualties and losses
42 men (initial)
Unknown		 7 policemen (initial)
likely Heavy

The Padas Damit War, known to the British as the Padas Damit Expedition, was a war between 1888 and 1889 that began in 1884 when a dispute over Padas Damit area (modern day Beaufort, Sabah) by Pengiran Syahbandar Hassan and the North Borneo Chartered Company.


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