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[[Category:Battles|Trincomalee, Siege of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=Ceylon War
|partof=[[:Category:War against Dutch in Ceylon|War against Dutch in Ceylon]]
|date=3-26 August 1795
|date=3-26 August 1795
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trincomalee Trincomalee, Ceylon]
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Sri_Lanka#Fort_Fredrick Fort Fredrick],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trincomalee Trincomalee], [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/ceylon.htm Ceylon]
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=8.5766,81.2309&z=16&t=h&hl=enapprox 8.5766°N 81.2309°E]   
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=8.5766,81.2309&z=16&t=h&hl=enapprox 8.5766°N 81.2309°E]   
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|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=Dutch
|combatant2=Dutch
|commander1=Col James Stuart
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101023028/ Admiral Peter Rainier]<br>[[James Stuart (1741-1815)|Maj-Gen James Stuart]]
|commander2=  
|commander2=Maj Fornbauer
|strength1=
|strength1=1,314 European troops<br>1,845 Native troops
|strength2=  
|strength2= Garrison: 768 all ranks with 92 guns
|casualties1=  
|casualties1=14 killed and 52 wounded
|casualties2=  
|casualties2=  
}}
}}
'''This was an event during the [[War against Dutch in Ceylon]]'''<br>
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kVgz_W_YBqUC&pg=PA315&dq=Trincomalee+1795&as_brr=3&ei=UuyRSOTOOJfEigGUupX9DQ#PPA315,M1 Google Books - Siege of Trincomalee]
[http://books.google.com/books?id=YyHG9ZKl3bwC&pg=PA11&dq=Ceylon+under+British+Rule+Trincomalee+1795&sig=ACfU3U3JI54PTkXQ0oZIHBNF_m4HBrsqAA Ceylon under British Rule: Trincomalee 1795] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kVgz_W_YBqUC&pg=PA315&dq=Trincomalee+1795&as_brr=3&ei=UuyRSOTOOJfEigGUupX9DQ#PPA315,M1 Siege of Trincomalee] Google Books<br>
[http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/coins/collection/watson/page61.html Ceylon Medal] www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk<br>
[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/trincomalee_harbour.jpg Trincomalee Map] www.lib.utexas.edu
 
[[Category:Battles|Trincomalee, Siege of]]
[[Category:War against Dutch in Ceylon|Trincomalee, Siege of]]

Latest revision as of 19:01, 26 March 2011

Siege of Trincomalee 1795
Part of War against Dutch in Ceylon
Date: 3-26 August 1795
Location: Fort Fredrick,Trincomalee, Ceylon
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 8.5766°N 81.2309°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Dutch
Commanders
Admiral Peter Rainier
Maj-Gen James Stuart
Maj Fornbauer
Strength
1,314 European troops
1,845 Native troops
Garrison: 768 all ranks with 92 guns
Casualties
14 killed and 52 wounded

This was an event during the War against Dutch in Ceylon

External Links

Ceylon under British Rule: Trincomalee 1795 Google Books
Siege of Trincomalee Google Books
Ceylon Medal www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Trincomalee Map www.lib.utexas.edu