Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Ọtụtụ n'ime ndị agha mmiri nke ndị agha jikọrọ aka na-agbaji na agha nke Oké Osimiri Java, Sunda Strait na Oké Osimiri Java nke Abụọ; naanị ụgbọ mmiri America buru ibu karịa onye na-ebibi ihe iji lanarị agha bụ ochie cruiser "Marblehead". Na mgbakwunye, ndị agha ala dị n'agwaetiti ahụ meriri ngwa ngwa ma merie ọtụtụ nguzogide n'ime ọnwa abụọ nke mbuso agha mbụ, ọ bụ ezie na mkpọsa ndị agha na Timor
e ji ihe ịga nke ọma lụọ agha ruo oge ụfọdụ. E mebiri iwu ABDA n'ihe dị ka elekere 01:00 na 1 Machị, ihe na-erughị ọnwa abụọ mgbe mmalite ya, site n'aka Admiral Conrad Emil Lambert Helfrich.