Libau “Rentap” also proclaimed by his
followers as “Raja Darat” (King of Land) held his
reign as the leader of his tribe with pride. With this, he assembled an army to take on the British
troops under the tyranny of James Brooke in Sarawak. On 19th
of August 1844 at Karangan Peris, Skrang, Rentap
first battled against the White Rajah armed
forces. He stood his ground in an attempt to halt the advance trackers of Datu Patinggi Ali’s spying
troop with a daunting display of war boats and thousands of men on all
river banks. They had carefully chosen strategic
spots where they could efficiently use their lances
and blowpipes as well as boats and bamboo rafts
for blocking off any possible escape routes.
As a result, Datu Patinggi Ali fell while the White Rajah
James Brooke trembled in the face of impending doom that was brought by Rentap and his men as one of his key regimes has
been subdued indefinitely.
As complement to the discussion on these Iban
warriors and how they came to be, here is an animated video:
Panglima Bukit Sadok
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