Battle Of Surabaya

Hallo Every one!!!!today i will discuss recount text again. Yesterday we discussed a recount text about my idol, namely Wendy Cagur and now I will tell you about the most historic places in Indonesia, one of which is Surabaya.

You must have known Surabaya. I will tell you a little about the city of Surabaya, Surabaya is the capital of the East Java province, as well as the largest metropolitan city in the province. Surabaya is the second largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta. Surabaya is located on the north coast of the eastern part of Java Island and faces the Madura Strait and the Java Sea. Surabaya is known as the City of Heroes because of its history which was taken into account in the struggle of Arek-Arek Suroboyo (Surabaya youths) in defending the independence of the Indonesian nation from invaders. Surabaya was also the largest city in the Dutch East Indies and the center of commerce in the archipelago, which was parallel to Hong Kong and Shanghai at its time.

One of the famous history in Surabaya is the story of "Battle of Surabaya". The climax occurred on November 10, 1945 which we know as Heroes' Day. And one of the famous heroes in the Surabaya battle was Bung Tomo.

This is a film about the Battle of Surabaya

And here's a movie trailer about Battle of Surabaya

Orientation:

On November 10, Indonesia celebrated Heroes 'Day or Heroes' Day to commemorate the Battle of Surabaya which began on that date in 1945. This bloody battle occurred because the Indonesians refused to surrender their weapons to British soldiers. British soldiers at that time were part of the Allies. Rebels Bung Tomo was a well-known revolutionary leader who played a very important role in this battle.

Event

It all started from a misunderstanding between British troops in Jakarta and in Surabaya, under the command of Brigadier A.W.WS. Mallaby. Brigadier Mallaby already has an agreement with the Governor of East Java, Mr. Surya. The agreement stated that Britain would not ask Indonesian troops and militias to surrender their weapons.

However, a British plane from Jakarta dropped leaflets all over Surabaya. The leaflets instructed the Indonesians to do the opposite on 27 October 1945. This act angered the Indonesian troops and militia leaders because they felt betrayed.

On October 30, 1945, Brigadier Mallaby was killed when he approached the British troop post near Jembatan Merah or Jembatan Merah, Surabaya. There have been many reports of these deaths, but it is widely believed that Brigadier was killed by Indonesian militias. Seeing this situation, Lieutenant General Sir Philip Christison brought reinforcements to besiege the city.

On the morning of 10 November 1945, British troops began to enter Surabaya with protection from sea and air bombing attacks. Even though the Indonesians defended the city valiantly, the city was conquered within 3 days and the whole battle lasted 3 weeks. In total, between 6,000 and 16,000 Indonesians died while the British toll was around 600 to 2000.

Reorientation

The Battle of Surabaya caused Indonesia to lose weapons that hindered the country's struggle for independence. However, this battle provoked the Indonesian and international masses to unite for the country's independence which made this battle very important for the Indonesian national revolution.

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Orientation (who, what, when, where)

The bloody battle took place in 1945 in Surabaya

Series of events

1) The governor of Java and Brigadier Mallaby made an agreement.

2) Indonesians refused to surrender their weaponry to British army.

3) There was misunderstanding between British troops in Jakarta and those in Surabaya.

4) Leaflets were dropped from a plane from Jakarta all over Surabaya requesting Indonesians to do otherwise on 27 October 1945.

5) The Indonesian troops and militia leaders angry because they felt betrayed

6) Brigadier Mallaby was killed as he was approaching the British troops’ post near Jembatan Merah or Red Bridge, Surabaya.

7) British army began to advance into Surabaya with cover from both naval and air bombardment.

8) The battle lasted for 3 weeks.

9) Many Indonesians died in the battle.

Reorientation (stating personal comments about the events)

10) The battle of Surabaya awakened Indonesians and International people to support the Indonesian national revolution

Recount Text My Idol

 

Recount text is a type of text in English that tells about a story, action, or activity. Usually, recount text tells about someone's experience. The purpose of recount text is to entertain the reader, so that there is no conflict in this text. In addition, this text also aims to provide information to readers.

Recount Text Features

1. Using Past Tense (past) sentences, such as went, departed, would, woke up, and so on.

2. Using adverbs and adverbial phrases to express the time, place and manner, such as: last September, Pari Island, on then second day, and so on.

3. Using conjunctions and time connectives to sequence events or events, such as: and, before, then, after that, and so on

Generic Structure of Recount Text

1. Orientation

Tells about the background information about who, where, when the incident or event occurred.

2. Events

Tells a series of events that occurred in chronological order.

3. Re-orientation

Is the closing or conclusion of the story. To close a story, we can give our opinion about the story.

My Idol

My idol is Wendi Cagur, he is an artist as well as a Bomber. Bomber is a person who makes graffiti art on the streets (not vandalism). I really like graffiti art from elementary school because drawing graffiti is my hobby. I like Wendi since junior high school because at that time I saw him drawing on the wall, the way he drew was very detailed and careful that was what I liked about his character, at that time I started to study drawing graffiti in earnest, I started buying equipment for draw like markers and pencils. and at this time I am still learning to draw graffiti because in my opinion I have to deepen the knowledge I got. I think Wendi is a funny person because he is also a comedian and when I see him he draws he does not take too seriously and often laughs. and finally I can make a good graffiti image. example of my picture:

I am very grateful for what I have achieved so far, I hope that in the future it can be even better and I can draw together with Wendi Cagur.