Archipelago not only never colonized by the Dutch. France was never colonized. The famous French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, once said, "Keep Java, at any price!"
He revealed the matter to the Minister of Marine and Colonies French Admiral Decres Region in October 1810. At the beginning of the 19th century was, in the Indian Ocean, the French only have power in Mauritius, Bourton, and Java. Even between 1808 and 1811, lived French colony of Java that remains.
When the Governor General in Java, Daendels repeatedly asked Napoleon sent troops to help defend the island from invasion of England. However, that ultimately sent the Janssens, sycophant generals who understand the science of logistics more than the science of war.
He led the fleet contains a tattered army drunks who did not have the discipline. They lost when tasked with strengthening the defense of France in Java.
In August 1822, British ships landed with 100 warships, complete with amfibinya troops, crowded the Jakarta Bay. The fighting broke out on the island of Onrust, in the City of Batavia, Weltreveden, Meester Cornellis (Jatinegara), and the last in Jatingaleh, Semarang.
Led by General Auchmuty, British forces made up of European and Indian troops to easily create a topsy-turvy French army soldier who is a combination of French, Dutch, and natives. Thus ended the French power in the East Indies.
"French colonialism in Indonesia who know baseball a lot, you know. Stelsel Culture, Anyer-Panarukan thought that makes the Dutch, but French," said Chairman of the Community Historia Indonesia Asep Kambali.
He said that most historians of Indonesia "Dutch centric" and often forget the French and British who had also been colonized Indonesia. Therefore, the Community Historia Indonesia (KHI) made history tour event, namely "Tracing the trail of the Napoleonic wars in Java" on Sunday (02/10/2011).
The participants will be brought into a tour once to find out why the desire Nalopeon to send 10,000 troops to Java was never done? The tour will start from the Museum Bank Indonesia, continue to the Old Batavia area, Jatinegara, and Matraman.
Ni tour suitable for children from the age of 10 years and adults. Participants who are interested to participate in this tour have to pay a fee of Rp 75,000, inclusive of the City-Jatinegara train tickets, entrance locations, and Napoleonic War books on Java 1811. For more information, please contact the KHI.
