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|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala] | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala] | ||
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|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.855338,75.361705&z=13&t=h&hl= | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.855338,75.361705&z=13&t=h&hl=en 11.855300°N 75.361615°E] | ||
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Revision as of 17:38, 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: | 11.855300°N 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 | ||