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[[Category:Battles|Colaba, Battle of]]
[[Category:Maratha Skirmishes 1718-40|Colaba, Battle of]]
== External Links ==[[Category:Battles|Colaba, Battle of]][http[Category://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hvBf56UalN8C&pg=PA174&dq=Pirates+of+Malabar+Maratha Skirmishes|Colaba+Chaul&sig=ACfU3U02w093BXH-Ee1IEHQpRp1QNjcU8g#PPA175,M1 Google Books - Expedition against ColabaBattle of]]
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|partof=[[:Category:Maratha Skirmishes 1718-40|Maratha Skirmishes 1718-40]]
|date=13 December 1721
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolaba_Fort Kolaba [Colaba Fort]], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibag [Alibag]], Maharashtra<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA510&dq=Kolabah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA510,M1 Gazetteer]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=18.657346,72.878297&z=11&t=h&hl=en 18.657346°N 72.878297°E]
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== English Force ==
*655 Europeans and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topasses Topasses]
*One troop of 40 Horsemen
*1514 [[Sepoy]]s
*200 Seamen
*Two 24-pounders
*Two 18-pounders
*Four 9-pounders
*Six small field guns
*Two mortars
*Eight [http://www.lexic.us/definition-of/coehorn Coehorns]
== Portuguese Force ==
*1000 Europeans
*160 Horsemen
*350 Volunteers
*2400 [[Sepoy]]s
*Six 24-pounders
*Six 18-pounders
*Ten Field pieces
*Eight Mortars
== Recommended Reading External links==*''To Stand Against The Company: A Study Of The British Honourable East India Company And Piracy In The Indian Ocean World, Circa 1680-1760'' by John Ridge 2017 Master of Arts thesis Murray State University Kentucky USA. [https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/etd/21 Abstract], [https://digitalcommons.murraystate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=etd Pdf link].===Historical books online===*''A Compendious History of the Indian Wars: With an Account of...Angria the Pyrate. Also the Transactions of a Squadron of Men of War Under Commodore Matthews, Sent to the East-Indies to Suppress the Pyrates. To which is Annex'd, an Additional History of the Wars Between the Great Mogul, Angria, and His Allies. With an Account of the Life and Actions of John Plantain, a Notorious Pyrate at Madagascar...'' by Clement Downing 1737.:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=AKsBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP15 File 1] Google Books; [https://archive.org/details/acompendioushis00downgoog/page/n6/mode/2up Archive.org mirror version]; [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DgMjFFGR1xoC&pg=PP7 File 2] Google Books. An account from 1715.*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024089694 ''"The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman"an English Woman in India'' ] by Col John Biddulph Kessinger - Published June 2004 ISBN 1419177605 1907 ISBN 13 9781419177606 Archive.org.
