Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846)

{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Dutch intervention in northern Bali (1846)

| image = Het zevende bataljon tot de aanval oprukkend.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = The Dutch 7th Battalion advancing in Bali in 1846.

| date = June 1846

| place = Bali

| result = Dutch victory

| territory = Northern Bali were captured by the Dutch

| combatant1 = File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dutch East Indies

| combatant2 = File:Old_Flag_of_Bali.svg Bali Kingdom

• Kingdom of Buleleng
• File:Flag of the Kingdom of Karangasem.svg Kingdom of Karangasem

| commander1 = File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Engelbertus Batavus van den Bosch
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gerhardus Bakker
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Abraham Johannes de Smit van den Broecke
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Cornelis Albert de Brauw

| commander2 = I Gusti Ketut Jelantik

| strength1 = 2 frigates
4 steamships
12 schooners
40 smaller ships
1,700 soldiers

| strength2 = +10,000 fighters

| casualties1 =

| casualties2 =

| campaignbox = {{Dutch interventions in Bali}}

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The Dutch intervention in Northern Bali in 1846 was the first in a long series of Dutch military interventions on Bali island, until total control was achieved with the Dutch intervention in Bali in 1908. The Dutch used as a pretext Balinese salvage claims over shipwrecks, which were customary to the Balinese, but unacceptable to the Dutch.[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRewlYFRXqgC&pg=PA31 Bali & Lombok by Ryan Ver Berkmoes p.31]

The expedition arrived off Buleleng in June 1846. It was composed of 2 frigates, 4 steamships, 12 schooners, 40 smaller ships, 1,700 soldiers including 400 Europeans and 230 cannons.A short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu realm by Robert Pringle p.97ff [https://books.google.com/books?id=5TOBKsLvjjkC&pg=PA97] The port was fortified by Balinese forces, and the frigates bombarded it. After a landing, the Dutch forces were able to capture and destroy the royal palace at Singaraja.

The Balinese agreed to recognize the treaties and to accommodate a small Dutch garrison. Once the main Dutch force had returned to Java, the local Balinese ruler Jelantik refused to pay the agreed settlement to the Dutch and endeavoured to unite Balinese forces against them.

A second expedition would be undertaken in 1848, Dutch intervention in Northern Bali (1848), which would also fail against Jelantik.The dark side of paradise: political violence in Bali Geoffrey Robinson p.24 [https://books.google.com/books?id=m3Gfir3Ju70C&pg=PA24] Finally however in 1849, the Dutch intervention in Bali (1849), was able to take control of the northern Bali kingdoms of Buleleng and Jembrana.Barski, p.48