Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Sanadkii 1811, kadib markii Boqortooyada Holland ay la wareegtay Faransiiska intii lagu jiray dagaalkii Napoleon, Raffles ma aysan haysan doorasho kale oo ay tahay inuu ka baxo dalka. Wuxuu fuulay
safar ciidan oo looga soo horjeedo Holland iyo Faransiiska ee Java, ee Dutch East Indies. Dagaalka waxaa si deg deg ah u fuliyay Admiral Robert Stopford, General Frederick Augustus Wetherall, iyo Kornayl Robert Rollo Gillespie, oo hoggaaminayay ciidan si fiican u abaabulan oo ka soo horjeeda ciidan ka soo horjeeda oo u badan askarta Faransiiska ah oo aan lahayn hoggaan wanaagsan.