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|date=19 January 1839 | |date=19 January 1839 | ||
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lAqX8IhwICgC&pg=PA133&dq=Aden+history&as_brr=1&ei=MTyOR5CFAZnmtQPDs4zQBQ#PPA133,M1 Google Books - Seizure of Aden] | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lAqX8IhwICgC&pg=PA133&dq=Aden+history&as_brr=1&ei=MTyOR5CFAZnmtQPDs4zQBQ#PPA133,M1 Google Books - Seizure of Aden] | ||
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Revision as of 13:12, 15 October 2008
| Seizure of Aden 1839 | ||
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| Part of Aden War | ||
| Date: | 19 January 1839 | |
| Location: | Aden, Yemen | |
| Presidency: | Bombay | |
| Co-ordinates: | 12.772440°N 45.039271°°E | |
| Result: | British occupation | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | ||
| Commanders | ||
| Maj. T. M. Baillie 24th B.I. Captain S.B.Haines Indian Marine |
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| Strength | ||
| 800 troops | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 15 killed & wounded | About 100 | |