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== Expedition Force ==
== Expedition Force ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Caroline HM Frigate Caroline] (36 guns)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Caroline HM Frigate Caroline], Captain Christopher Cole RN (36 guns)
*HM Frigate Piedmontaise (38 guns)
*HM Frigate Piedmontaise, Captain Charles Foote RN (38 guns)
*HM Brig Barracouta (18 guns)
*HM Brig Barracouta, Acting Captain Richard Kenah RN (18 guns)
*Detachment [[Madras Artillery]] {Capt Court)
*Detachment [[Madras Artillery]] {Capt Court)
*Two Coys [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras European Regiment]] (Capt Nixon)
*Two Coys [[1st Madras (European) Fusiliers|Madras European Regiment]] (Capt Nixon)
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/322/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Expedition to Banda-Neira] archive.org
[http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/322/mode/2up  Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Expedition to Banda-Neira] archive.org<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S4Y1Orft5T4C&pg=PA17&dq=Amboyna%2BCaroline%2BCole&as_brr=3&cd=1#v=onepage&q=Amboyna%2BCaroline%2BCole&f=false Lieut Lloyd's Account] Google Books
[[Category:Battles|Banda, Capture of]]
[[Category:Battles|Banda, Capture of]]
[[Category:Spice Islands 1810|Banda, Capture of]]
[[Category:Spice Islands 1810|Banda, Capture of]]

Latest revision as of 19:15, 3 March 2010

Capture of Banda 1810
Part of Spice Islands 1810
Date: 9 August 1810
Location: Ambon Island, Indonesia
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 4.5879002°S 129.97683°E
Result: British occupation
Combatants
East India Company Dutch
Commanders
Captain Christopher Cole RN
Strength
Casualties

Expedition Force

  • HM Frigate Caroline, Captain Christopher Cole RN (36 guns)
  • HM Frigate Piedmontaise, Captain Charles Foote RN (38 guns)
  • HM Brig Barracouta, Acting Captain Richard Kenah RN (18 guns)
  • Detachment Madras Artillery {Capt Court)
  • Two Coys Madras European Regiment (Capt Nixon)
  • Madras Artillery, 20 men and 2 guns (Lt Yeates)

External Links

Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI - Expedition to Banda-Neira archive.org
Lieut Lloyd's Account Google Books