a settlement by peaceable means, the general public was satisfied with his response and no action was taken against him. The troubles with Kuala Batu were not over though; in 1838 another ship was attacked and its crew massacred. True to Downes' word the Second Sumatran expedition under George C. Read bombarded Kuala Batu and attacked the village of Muckie. See also Joseph Peabody William Shubrick Henry K. Hoff Citations References External links Sailors as Infantry in the U.S. Navy USS Potomac Sumatran expedition Sumatran expedition Military history of Indonesia Military history of the Netherlands History of Aceh United States Marine Corps in the 18th and 19th centuries Sumatran Sumatran Sumatra Sumatra Sumatran expedition 1832 in Southeast Asia 1832 in the Dutch East Indies February 1832 events