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| + | '''This was an event during the [[East Indies Campaign]]'''<br> | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Trincomalee Loss of Trincomalee] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/suffren.htm Suffren's East India Campaign] xenophongroup.com<br> | [http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/suffren.htm Suffren's East India Campaign] xenophongroup.com<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA399&dq=Trincomalee&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ&q=&vq=&hl=en#PPA399,M1 Capture of Trincomalee] Google Books | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA399&dq=Trincomalee&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ&q=&vq=&hl=en#PPA399,M1 Capture of Trincomalee] Google Books | ||
Latest revision as of 17:56, 26 March 2011
| Loss of Trincomalee Aug 1782 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of East Indies Campaign | ||
| Date: | 31 August 1782 | |
| Location: | Fort Fredrick,Trincomalee, Ceylon | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 8.5766°N 81.2309°E | |
| Result: | French victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British | French | |
| Commanders | ||
| Admiral Sir Edward Hughes | Admiral de Suffren | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
This was an event during the East Indies Campaign
External Links
Loss of Trincomalee Wikipedia
Suffren's East India Campaign xenophongroup.com
Capture of Trincomalee Google Books
