Battles of the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation Involving Australia - Battle of Sungei Koemba, Battle of Kindau, Battle of Babang (Paperback)

Chapters: Battle of Sungei Koemba, Battle of Kindau, Battle of Babang. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Battle of Sungei Koemba was a series of ambushes conducted between May and June 1965 by Australian troops from 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment along the Sungei Koemba river in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation. The ambushes were conducted under the wider British-Commonwealth Operation Claret, being cross-border operations mounted from bases in Sarawak up to 10,000 yards (9,100 m) into Indonesian territory with aim of disrupting the movement and resupply of Indonesian forces and to keep them off balance. The first ambush was conducted by two platoons from B Company on 27 May 1965 and resulted in significant Indonesian casualties, for no loss to the Australians. The second ambush was conducted a fortnight later and was set a little further downstream from the last one, this time by a platoon from C Company, occurring on 12 June 1965 and again resulting in many Indonesian casualties for no loss to the Australians. 3RAR formally relieved a British battalion, the 1/7th Gurkhas, in the Bau area of Sarawak on 22 March 1965, although they had mounted a number of familiarisation patrols over the proceeding weeks themselves. The Australians were initially deployed in a series of company bases along the border, guarding the approaches to the capital Kuching just 31 miles (50 km) away. By late April, however, the Australians began their first cross-border reconnaissance patrols. The first Australian fighting patrol into Kalimantan began on 24 May with two platoons, 5 and 11 Platoon, and a forward observation party from B Company under Major William Broderick departed the company base at Bukit Knuckl...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2106880