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== Summary ==
== Summary ==
In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars#1795 French Revolutionary Wars] the French overran the Netherlands and created the puppet state of the Batavian Republic. This gave Britain a pretext for attacking the Dutch settlements in Ceylon.  
In the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars#1795 French Revolutionary Wars] the French overran the Netherlands and created the puppet state of the Batavian Republic. This gave Britain a pretext for attacking the Dutch settlements in Ceylon.  
== British Forces ==
'''[[James Stuart (1741-1815)|Colonel James Stuart]]''' commanding<br>
*[[Royal Artillery]] (42 all ranks) under Capt-Lieut Dixon
*[[Madras Artillery]] (136 all ranks and 340 gun lascars) under Capt Carlisle
*Flank coys [[71st Regiment of Foot|HM 71st]] and [[73rd Regiment of Foot|73rd Regiments]] (351 all ranks) under Major Dalrymple
*[[72nd Regiment of Foot|HM 72nd Regiment]] (743 all ranks) under Major Fraser
* Native Brigade under Lieut-Col Bonnevaux
:*[[61st Madras Pioneers|1st Battalion]] (14 Europeans and 643 natives) under Capt Fergusson
:*[[23rd Madras Battalion|23rd Battalion]] (13 Europeans and 643 natives) under Capt Campbell
:*[[Madras Sappers and Miners|Pioneers]] (2 sergeants and 219 natives) under Lieut Dowse
*13 Staff Officers<br>
'''Total 1,314 Europeans and 1,845 natives'''


==Related articles ==
==Related articles ==
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
For further details of events during this period see the following articles
{|
{|
|
|[[Siege of Trincomalee 1795|Siege of Trincomalee]]
|
|3-26 August 1795
|-
|[[Occupation of Colombo]]
|12 February 1796
|}
'''Other events'''<br>
The following locations were occupied without resistance
{|
|Fort Ostenburg
|31 August 1795
|-
|Batticaloa Fort
|18 September 1795
|(Major Fraser)
|-
|Jaffnapatam
|28 September 1795
|(Colonel Stuart)
|-
|Mullaittivu
|1 October 1795
|(Captain Monson)
|-
|Island and Fort of Manar
|5 October
|(Captain Barbut)
|-
|-
|
|Kalpitiya
|
|13 October
|(Captain Bowser)
|-
|-
|
|Negombo
|
|3 February 1796
|(Captain Barbut)
|}
|}


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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars French Revolutionary Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars French Revolutionary Wars] Wikipedia<br>[https://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/under/documents/1796.html 1796 documents relating to  Captain Lachlan Macquarie, 77th Regiment of Foot], later Governor of N.S.W., Australia from Macquarie University’s [https://www.mq.edu.au/macquarie-archive/under/research.html Under a Tropical Sun].


==== Historical Books on-line ====
==== Historical Books on-line ====
''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI'' by Intelligence Branch Army HQ India 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/280/mode/2up  - Military Operations against the Dutch] archive.org  
*"Ceylon, a general description of the island and its inhabitants; with an historical sketch of the conquest of the colony by the English" by Henry Marshall 1846 - [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9Pg9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA68&dq=Dutch&hl=en&ei=eIcbTdjgNYPMhAexr_W2Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false English Period 1796] Google Books<br />
*''Frontier and Overseas Expeditions from India Vol VI'' by Intelligence Branch Army HQ India 1911 [http://www.archive.org/stream/frontieroverseas06indi#page/280/mode/2up  - Military Operations against the Dutch] archive.org  
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=sUjRAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA26 ''Military reminiscences: extracted from a journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies Volume 1''] page 24 by Colonel James Welsh of the Madras Establishment 1830, (Google Books), commences a description of the campaign in Ceylon in 1796
[[Category:War against Dutch in Ceylon| War against Dutch in Ceylon]]


[[Category:War against Dutch in Ceylon|War against Dutch in Ceylon]]
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Ceylon, War against Dutch in]]
[[Category:War against Dutch in Ceylon| War against Dutch in Ceylon]]
[[Category:Campaigns with FIBIS Battle Maps|Ceylon, War against Dutch in]]

Latest revision as of 21:33, 12 March 2021

War against Dutch in Ceylon
1795-96
Chronological list of Wars and Campaigns
[[Image:‎|250px| ]]
Location: Ceylon
Combatants:
British Navy and the East India Company Dutch
Result: British took Dutch possessions
Medals: Capture of Ceylon 1795-96
Links:
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Summary

In the French Revolutionary Wars the French overran the Netherlands and created the puppet state of the Batavian Republic. This gave Britain a pretext for attacking the Dutch settlements in Ceylon.

British Forces

Colonel James Stuart commanding

  • 1st Battalion (14 Europeans and 643 natives) under Capt Fergusson
  • 23rd Battalion (13 Europeans and 643 natives) under Capt Campbell
  • Pioneers (2 sergeants and 219 natives) under Lieut Dowse
  • 13 Staff Officers

Total 1,314 Europeans and 1,845 natives

Related articles

For further details of events during this period see the following articles

Siege of Trincomalee 3-26 August 1795
Occupation of Colombo 12 February 1796

Other events
The following locations were occupied without resistance

Fort Ostenburg 31 August 1795
Batticaloa Fort 18 September 1795 (Major Fraser)
Jaffnapatam 28 September 1795 (Colonel Stuart)
Mullaittivu 1 October 1795 (Captain Monson)
Island and Fort of Manar 5 October (Captain Barbut)
Kalpitiya 13 October (Captain Bowser)
Negombo 3 February 1796 (Captain Barbut)

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Peter Rainier (1742-1808)
James Stuart (17??-1793)

External Links

French Revolutionary Wars Wikipedia
1796 documents relating to Captain Lachlan Macquarie, 77th Regiment of Foot, later Governor of N.S.W., Australia from Macquarie University’s Under a Tropical Sun.

Historical Books on-line

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