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|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard_Lake,_1st_Viscount_Lake General Gerard Lake]  
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cuillier-Perron General Perron]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cuillier-Perron General Perron]
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== Recommended Links ==
== Spelling Variants ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aligarh_fort Wikipedia - Aligarh Fort]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oXeDwk-8cWYC&pg=PA247&dq=Aligurh+Coel&as_brr=1 Google Books - Action at Coel]<br>[http://books.google.com/books?id=qweZWra_tbwC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Coel+India&source=web&ots=FIiC6PQk14&sig=xYZ8VJXN_cnA-8ZDbKd22JqZ4Ck&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA150,M1 Google Books - Events before Aligarh]
Modern name: Aligarh<br>
Variants: Koil/Coel/Kol<br>
 
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/242/mode/1up Gerard Lake (1744-1808)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/334/mode/1up Perron (Pierre Cuillier) (1755-1834)]<br>
 
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aligarh_fort Aligarh Fort] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oXeDwk-8cWYC&pg=PA247&dq=Aligurh+Coel&as_brr=1 Action at Coel] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.com/books?id=qweZWra_tbwC&pg=PA156&lpg=PA156&dq=Coel+India&source=web&ots=FIiC6PQk14&sig=xYZ8VJXN_cnA-8ZDbKd22JqZ4Ck&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA150,M1 Events before Aligarh] Google Books




[[Image:Koilmap.jpg|thumb|Koil Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
[[Image:Koilmap.jpg|thumb|Koil Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]

Revision as of 11:17, 3 January 2010

Battle of Coel
Part of 2nd Maratha War
Date: 29 August 1803
Location: Near Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Presidency: Bengal
Co-ordinates: 27.893754°N 78.068142°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
General Gerard Lake General Perron
Strength
5,000 infantry
2,500 cavalry
2,000 infantry
8,000 cavalry
Casualties

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Aligarh
Variants: Koil/Coel/Kol

Biographies

Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906
Gerard Lake (1744-1808)
Perron (Pierre Cuillier) (1755-1834)

External Links

Aligarh Fort Wikipedia
Action at Coel Google Books
Events before Aligarh Google Books


Koil Location
Survey 1920-1946