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1st Kandyan War
1803-1805
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
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Location: Sri Lanka
Combatants:
East India Company	Sinhalese
Result: British victory
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Category: 1st Kandyan War

Trichinopoly & Ceylon

The 1st Kandyan War 1803-1805.

"Observations on the Campaign in Ceylon: Part 2 The British Campaign from 1803", involving the 19th and 65th Regiments of Foot, together with Royal Artillery and troops from Bengal. The Naval and Military Magazine Volume 3, page 240 1828 Google Books
The Life of Alexander Alexander Volume 1, page 100 by Alexander Alexander and edited by John Howell 1830 ( Google Books). The author arrived in Ceylon in 1803 with the Royal Artillery

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 == External Links ==
 [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/ceylon.htm 1st and 2nd Kandyan War (Ceylon) 1798-1818] The British Empire<br>
-[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandian_Wars 1st Kandian War 1803-05] Wikipedia
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandian_Wars 1st Kandian War 1803-05] Wikipedia<br />
+[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KtJNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA155&dq=Major+Adam+Davie&hl=en&ei=eIcbTdjgNYPMhAexr_W2Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Major%20Adam%20Davie&f=false The Campaign in 1803] Google Books<br />
+[http://www.dutchburgherunion.org/genealogy/ancestry-b/JDBU%201934%20Vol%2023%20No%204%20p191-197%20-%20Lieut-Colonel%20Barbut(1).pdf Lt-Col Burton Gage Barbut] Google Books
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