Siege of Malacca (1606)

Siege of Malacca
	Part of the Dutch–Portuguese War, Malay-Portuguese conflicts
	; Battle for Malacca between the VOC fleet and the Portuguese, 1606.
Date	1606
Location	Portuguese Malacca
Result	Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Portugal	Dutch Republic; Johor Sultanate;
Commanders and leaders
André Furtado de Mendonça; Martim Afonso de Castro;	Cornelis Matelief de Jonge; Alauddin Riayat Shah III;
Strength
145 men; 20 ships;	1,500 men; 11 ships;
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The siege of Malacca of 1606 was a military engagement between a Dutch force commanded by Cornelis Matelief and the Portuguese commander André Furtado de Mendonça.

The small Portuguese garrison managed to hold out and stop any Dutch direct attacks on the city until additional reinforcements could arrive led by Martim Afonso de Castro, which made the Dutch retreat from the siege. After they retreated, they were again defeated by the Portuguese at the Battle of Cape Rachado.

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