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[[Category:Battles|Colaba, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=Maratha Skirmishes
|date=13 December 1721
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibag Alibag, Maharashtra]
|presidency=[[Bombay]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=18.657346,72.878297&z=11&t=h&hl=en 18.657346°N 72.878297°E]
|result=British & Portuguese defeat
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] and Portuguese
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathas Marathas]
|commander1=Commodore Thomas Matthews
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanhoji_Angre Kanhoji Angre]
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== Recommended Reading ==
''"The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman"'' by John Biddulph Kessinger - Publishing June 2004 ISBN 1419177605 ISBN 13 9781419177606
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=hvBf56UalN8C&pg=PA174&dq=Pirates+of+Malabar+Colaba+Chaul&sig=ACfU3U02w093BXH-Ee1IEHQpRp1QNjcU8g#PPA175,M1 Google Books - Expedition against Colaba]
