Battle of Long Jawai

Battle of Long Jawai
	Part of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Date	28 September – 10 October 1963
Location	Long Jawai, Borneo
Result	Commonwealth victory
Belligerents
Indonesia	United Kingdom; Malaysia
Commanders and leaders
Benny Moerdani	John Burlinson; Tejbahadur Gurung
Strength
200 soldiers; 300 porters	United Kingdom:; 6 Gurkhas; Malaysia:; 2 police officers; 21 border scouts
Casualties and losses
~33 deaths:; 5 people died; 26 Indonesian fighters were killed	13 killed (10 executed); 2 wounded; 10 captured

The Battle of Long Jawai (Indonesian: Pertempuran Long Jawai or Pertempuran Jawi Panjang) was one of the earliest battles of the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, and one of the battle that fought the third Sarawak division by some indonesian perpetrators.

A large Indonesian contingent crossed the border and attacked the outpost at Long Jawai, about fifty miles into Borneo. A small mixed military and paramilitary force was defeated by the Indonesians but British Gurkha reinforcements were put into the jungle between the area and Indonesian Borneo. In a number of ambushes some of the withdrawing Indonesian force were killed.