British attack on Berbera (1827)

Battle of Berbera
	; An 1827 admiralty chart of Berbera
Date	January 10–11, 1827
Location	Berbera, Isaaq Sultanate (now Somaliland)10°26′08″N 045°00′59″E
Result	British victory Destruction of large parts of Berbera; Indemnity agreed upon for 1825 Habr Awal attack; Crucial caravan trade halted temporarily;
Belligerents
Isaaq Sultanate Habr Awal;	United Kingdom Royal Navy; East India Company;
Commanders and leaders
Farah Guled Sheikhs of the Habr Awal	Captain James Gordon Bremer; Captain W.C Jervoise; Captain Maillard;
Units involved
Somali warriors	Royal Marines and Sepoys
Strength
2,000-2,500 men and several buggalows	250 men with 2 corvettes and 1 sloop
Casualties and losses
Several	Several including one Royal Marine killed
	Berbera Location within Somaliland Berbera Berbera (Horn of Africa)

The Battle of Berbera (January 10–11, 1827) was an engagement of the Royal Navy and East India Company against the Habr Awal clan. It was the culmination of previous British punitive expeditions against the Habr Awal.

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