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== Expedition Force == | == Expedition Force == | ||
'''Naval squadron''' | '''Naval squadron''' | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Norfolk_(1757) HMS Norfolk] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Norfolk_%2874%29 also] (74) under Captain Richard Kempenfelt with | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Norfolk_(1757) HMS Norfolk] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Norfolk_%2874%29 also] (74) under Captain Richard Kempenfelt with Rear-Admiral Cornish | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Elizabeth_(1706) HMS Elizabeth] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Elizabeth_%2864%29 also] (70) under Captain Isaac Ourry with Commodore Tiddeman | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Elizabeth_(1706) HMS Elizabeth] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Elizabeth_%2864%29 also] (70) under Captain Isaac Ourry with Commodore Tiddeman | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grafton_(1750) HMS Grafton] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Grafton_%2870%29 also] (70) under Captain Hyde Parker | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grafton_(1750) HMS Grafton] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Grafton_%2870%29 also] (70) under Captain Hyde Parker | ||
Revision as of 12:34, 28 December 2010
| Manila Expedition | ||
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| Part of Seven Years War | ||
| Date: | 24 September-6 October 1762 | |
| Location: | Manila, Philppines | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 14.582388°N 120.96096°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Spanish | |
| Commanders | ||
| Rear-Admiral Samuel Cornish Col William Draper |
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| Strength | ||
| 1,000 Europeans 2,000 sepoys |
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| Casualties | ||
Expedition Force
Naval squadron
- HMS Norfolk also (74) under Captain Richard Kempenfelt with Rear-Admiral Cornish
- HMS Elizabeth also (70) under Captain Isaac Ourry with Commodore Tiddeman
- HMS Grafton also (70) under Captain Hyde Parker
- HMS Lenox also (74) under Captain Robert Jocelyn
- HMS Falmouth also (50) under Captain William Brereton
- HMS Weymouth (60) under Captain Richard Collins
- HMS America also (60) under Captain Samuel Pichford
- HMS Panther also (60) under acting Captain George Ourry
- HMS Argo also (28) under Captain Richard King
- HMS Sea Horse also (24) under Captain Charles Cathcart Grant
- HMS Seaford (22) under Captain John Peighin
External Links
Seven Years War Wikipedia
Attack on Manila Google Books
Historical books on-line
A History of the British Army Vol II by J W Fortescue 1899 Expedition to Manila