page_title: 1678 Kediri campaign
section_title: Planning
hierarchical_section_title: 1678 Kediri campaign / Campaign / Planning
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Central and East Java depicting Mataram–VOC troop movement during the Kediri campaign (1678) (part of en:Trunajaya rebellion, in which the coalition marched to take Trunajaya's stronghold and capital at Kediri. Instead of marching to Kediri directly from Surabaya—which would be the shortest route—the army split itself and took a longer route through Central and East Java, in order to impress factions whose allegiance were wavering and encourage them to join the army. Bahasa Indonesia: Peta pergerakan pasukan Mataram–VOC menuju Kediri dalam Perang Trunajaya. Mataram dan VOC memilih untuk tidak menyerang langsung dari Surabaya—jalur terpendek menuju Kediri—tapi memecah diri menjadi beberapa barisan dan memilih rute panjang, agar pasukan ini bisa dilihat lebih banyak orang dan meyakinkan kelompok yang bimbang untuk bergabung ke pihak raja dalam peperangan ini
context_page_description: The 1678 Kediri campaign took place from August to December 1678 in Kediri during the Trunajaya rebellion. The forces of the Mataram Sultanate, led by Amangkurat II, and the Dutch East India Company, led by Anthonio Hurdt, marched inland into eastern Java against Trunajaya's forces. After a series of marches beset by logistical difficulties and harassment by Trunajaya's forces, the Mataram–VOC army crossed the Brantas River on the night of 16–17 November. They then marched on Trunajaya's capital and stronghold at Kediri and took it by direct assault on 25 November. Kediri was plundered by the Dutch and Javanese victors, and the Mataram treasury—captured by Trunajaya after his victory at Plered—was completely lost in the looting. Trunajaya himself fled Kediri and continued his greatly weakened rebellion until his capture at the end of 1679.
  During the march to Kediri, the Mataram–VOC army purposefully split itself into three columns which took different, indirect routes to Kediri, as suggested by Amangkurat. This enabled the army to meet more factions and to win over those with wavering allegiance, swelling its forces.
context_section_description: Hurdt wanted to attack Trunajaya's stronghold Kediri from Surabaya in coastal East Java, which would be the shortest route. In contrast, Amangkurat II proposed that the troops be divided into columns and march along multiple lengthy overland routes. He wanted the VOC-Mataram forces to march slowly through more areas in order to impress factions that were wavering over which side to take. This argument convinced Hurdt, and they decided to split the army into three different columns travelling via different overland routes from coastal Central Java to Kediri in inland East Java. In addition, a VOC merchant, Willem Bastinck, was to go to Surabaya to seek out Karaeng Galesong—a former Trunajaya ally, whose allegiance was wavering, and whose help and followers Mataram and the VOC hoped to enlist.
caption: The Mataram–VOC march to Kediri. Instead of marching to Kediri directly from Surabaya—which would be the shortest route—the army split itself and took a longer route through Central and East Java, in order to impress factions whose allegiance were wavering and encourage them to join its side.[29]
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