British attack on Berbera (1827)

British attack on Berbera

An 1827 admiralty chart of Berbera
DateJanuary 10–11, 1827
Location10°26′08″N 045°00′59″E / 10.43556°N 45.01639°E / 10.43556; 45.01639
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 East India Company

 Isaaq Sultanate

Commanders and leaders
Gordon Bremer
W. C. Jervoise
Maillard
Farah Guled
Units involved
Royal Marines and Indian sepoys Somali warriors
Strength
250 men with 2 corvettes and 1 sloop 2,000–2,500 men and several buggalows
Casualties and losses
1 killed Unknown
Berbera
Location within Somaliland
Berbera
Berbera (Horn of Africa)

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