Battle of Leuwiliang
The Battle of Leuwiliang was a battle during the Dutch East Indies campaign of the Pacific War that took place between 3 and 5 March 1942. Australian forces, supported by American artillery batteries and British tanks, launched a holding action starting at Leuwiliang, West Java, in order to cover the retreat of allied Dutch forces in face of the Japanese invasion of Java.

Following a Japanese landing and a general collapse of Dutch KNIL resistance, Australian forces in Java led by Brigadier Arthur Blackburn prepared a defensive line ahead of a destroyed bridge in the village of Leuwiliang. Despite inflicting heavy Japanese casualties and delaying the Japanese advance for three days, Australian forces were eventually forced to withdraw towards Buitenzorg, and later further abandoned the city before capitulating after a general surrender of the Dutch forces on 8 March.
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Dutch East Indies campaign
Concept
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Pacific War
EVE
Q401667
Leuwiliang
Concept
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West Java
LOC
Q301300
Japanese invasion of Java
EVE
Q523553
KNIL
ORG
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Brigadier
Concept
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Arthur Blackburn
PER
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Buitenzorg
LOC
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Battle of Leuwiliang
EVE
1942-03-05T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
5 March 1942
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3
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8
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military rank