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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandian_Wars#First_Kandyan_War.2C_1803.E2.80.931805 Ist Kandyan War] | |||
|date=20 February 1803 | |||
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy Kandy, Sri Lanka] | |||
|presidency=[[Madras]] | |||
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=7.3063141,80.648371&z=11&t=h&hl=en 7.3063141°N 80.648371°E] | |||
|result=British occupation | |||
|territory= | |||
|combatant1=[[East India Company]] | |||
|combatant2=Kingdom of Kandy | |||
|commander1=Maj Gen Hay Macdowell<br>Col Barbut | |||
|commander2= | |||
|strength1= | |||
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|casualties1= | |||
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}} | |||
== External Links == | |||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YyHG9ZKl3bwC&pg=PA146&dq=Kandy+1803&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U03cGcOpEv_KjzfRYWjIsdHq6K71A#PPA146,M1 Google Books - Ceylon under British Rule: Kandy 1803] | |||
Latest revision as of 11:36, 1 October 2008
| Capture of Kandy | ||
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| Part of Ist Kandyan War | ||
| Date: | 20 February 1803 | |
| Location: | Kandy, Sri Lanka | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 7.3063141°N 80.648371°E | |
| Result: | British occupation | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | Kingdom of Kandy | |
| Commanders | ||
| Maj Gen Hay Macdowell Col Barbut |
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| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||