Editing Invasion of Java (1811) (section)

===Fall of Batavia===

On learning of the successful British landing, Janssens withdrew from Batavia with his army, which amounted to between 8,000 and 10,090 men, and garrisoned themselves in Fort Cornelis.<ref name="James32"/> The British advanced on Batavia, reaching it on 8 August and finding it undefended. The city surrendered to the forces under Colonel Gillespie, after Broughton and Auchmuty had offered promises to respect private property.<ref name="James32"/><ref name="Woodman108">{{cite book |last=Woodman|title=The Victory of Seapower|page=108}}</ref> The British were disappointed to find that part of the town had been set on fire, and many warehouses full of goods such as coffee and sugar had been looted or flooded, depriving them of [[prize money]].<ref name=Fregosi321/> On 9 August 1811 Rear-Admiral [[Robert Stopford (Royal Navy officer)|Robert Stopford]] arrived and superseded Commodore Broughton, who was judged to be too cautious.<ref name=Fregosi321>{{cite book|last=Fregosi|title=Dreams of Empire|page=321}}</ref><ref name="James33">{{cite book |last=James|title=The Naval History of Great Britain|volume=6|page=33}}</ref> Stopford had orders to supersede Rear-Admiral [[Sir Albemarle Bertie, 1st Baronet|Albemarle Bertie]] as [[Cape of Good Hope Station|commander in chief at the Cape]], but on his arrival he learnt of Vice-Admiral Drury's death, and the planned expedition to Java, and so travelled on.<ref name="Woodman108"/>