Second Fiji expedition
| Second Fiji expedition | |||||||
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| Part of the Fiji expeditions | |||||||
Yalobi Bay at Waya, Fiji. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Fijians | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Charles Caldwell John K. Bartlett Alan Ramsey | Seru Epenisa Cakobau | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Land: 10 marines 40 sailors 1 artillery piece Sea: 1 schooner | ~300 warriors | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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6 wounded 1 artillery piece destroyed |
14 killed ~36 wounded 115 huts destroyed | ||||||
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The Second Fiji expedition was an 1859 United States Navy operation against the native warriors of Seru Epenisa Cakobau on the island of Waya in Fiji. Following the death of two American traders on Waya, the Pacific Squadron launched a punitive expedition against the Wayans and defeated them in a pitched battle at the village of Somatti.