Template:Did you know nominations/Trunajaya's North Coast offensive


 * The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as |this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Montanabw (talk) 10:18, 14 May 2017 (UTC)

Trunajaya's North Coast offensive
Source: "Only Japara was saved for the king, through the united efforts of the new military governor sent from Mataram in great haste and the V.O.C. servants of the trading-post, reinforced by Dutch soldiers and sailors who arrived by sea from Batavia just in time" (Pigeaud p. 70) "In late November, a VOC force [...] turned back the threat to Jepara [...]. But Trunajaya's forces [...] conquering all other ports on Java's coast as far west as Cirebon. (Ricklefs 1993 p. 34)
 * ... that Jepara was Mataram's only coastal town not taken by Trunajaya's North Coast offensive, after a successful joint defense by Mataram and the Dutch East India Company?
 * ALT1 ... that Jepara was the only town on the north coast of Mataram not to be taken by Trunajaya's North Coast offensive, after a successful joint defense by Mataram and the Dutch East India Company?
 * Reviewed: Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama

Created by HaEr48 (talk). Self-nominated at 06:34, 9 April 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol voting keep.svg This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are sourced inline, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. I have added ALT1 which expresses the same facts in a different way. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 13:04, 1 May 2017 (UTC)