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[[Category:Battles|Cannanore, Battle of]] | [[Category:Battles|Cannanore, Battle of]] | ||
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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] | |||
|date=14 December 1783 | |||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala] | |||
|presidency=[[Madras]] | |||
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.855338,75.361705&z=13&t=h&hl=en11.855300°N 75.361615°E] | |||
|result=British victory | |||
|territory= | |||
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |||
|combatant2=Mysore | |||
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101064087/ General Norman MacLeod] | |||
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu Sultan] | |||
|strength1= 42nd & 100th Regiments<br> Two companies of Tellicherry Grenadiers | |||
|strength2= | |||
|casualties1= | |||
|casualties2= | |||
}} | |||
== External Links == | |||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars Wars] | |||
Revision as of 17:31, 17 March 2008
| Capture of Cannanore | ||
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| Part of 2nd Mysore War | ||
| Date: | 14 December 1783 | |
| Location: | Kannur, Kerala | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 75.361615°E | |
| Result: | British victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Mysore | |
| Commanders | ||
| General Norman MacLeod | Tipu Sultan | |
| Strength | ||
| 42nd & 100th Regiments Two companies of Tellicherry Grenadiers |
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| Casualties | ||