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=== The fall of Kartosuro ===
In early [[1742]], {{nowrap|[[Pakubuwono II]]}} capitulated to the [[Dutch]].{{efn|According to [[Stamford Raffles]], a British explorer and scholar on the Indies, {{nowrap|Pakubuwono II}} may have been driven by a fear of either Dutch retribution or Chinese military prowess.{{sfn|Raffles|1830|p=242}}}}{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=150}} In March, a group of seven Dutchmen led by Captain Johan Andries, Baron van Hohendorff, arrived in Kartosuro to set the terms of his surrender.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=150}} Although at first the Dutch demanded the young crown prince, Prince Loringpasar, the eldest son of Prince Notokusumo, and Prince Pringgalaya as hostages, Loringpasar was replaced by Queen Amangkurat as he was too ill to make the trip.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=150}}
Unwilling to let the Dutch take his son, Notokusumo, then laying siege to Semarang, made a fake attack against the Chinese, in which the sick or injured were sacrificed while the healthy were allowed to escape, in order to give an appearance of loyalty.{{sfn|Raffles|1830|p=242}}{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=151}} He then went to Kartosuro to attempt to rescue his son, but was told to clear a path to Demak by the Dutch officials there.{{sfn|Raffles|1830|p=242}}{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=151}} After stalling, Notokusumo agreed to do so, first travelling to Semarang.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=151}} However, upon his arrival in Semarang he was arrested by the new chief of the army, Hugo Verijsel, with {{nowrap|Pakubuwono II}}'s blessing.{{sfn|Ricklefs|1983|p=281}}{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=151}} Verijsel then took 300 Dutch soldiers and 500 natives to clear the area around Kartosuro, but was stopped in [[Salatiga]] when he and his troops came under attack from the armies of three [[temenggung]]; Verijsel retreated to Ampel.{{sfn|Setiono|2008|p=151}}
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