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[[Category:Battles|Cannanore, Battle of]]
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Cannanore, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]
|partof=[[3rd Mysore War]]
|date=14 December 1783
|date=17 December 1790
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala]  
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannur Kannur, Kerala]  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|presidency=[[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.855338,75.361705&z=13&t=h&hl=en 11.855300°N 75.361615°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.8553,75.361618&z=14&t=h&hl=en 11.8553°N 75.361618°E]   
|result=British victory  
|result=British victory
|territory=
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]  
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]
|combatant2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore Kingdom of Mysore]
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101064087/ General Norman MacLeod]
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Abercromby_of_Airthrey Gen Robert Abercromby]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan Tipu Sultan]
|commander2=
|strength1= 42nd & 100th  Regiments<br> Two companies of Tellicherry Grenadiers
|strength1=  
|strength2=  
|strength2=  
|casualties1=
|casualties1=  
|casualties2=  
|casualties2=  
}}
}}
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Heritage History - Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Wikipedia - Anglo-Mysore Wars]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War Wikipedia - 2nd Mysore War]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GwwNAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA103&dq=General+MacLeod&as_brr=1&ei=_nkhSLb1FaXEyASOjdXCDQ#PRA1-PA104,M1  Google Books - Capture of Cannanore]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA183&dq=Cannanore=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA183,M1 Cannanore - Gazetteer 1857]
[http://www.heritage-history.com/www/heritage.php?Dir=wars&FileName=wars_mysore.php Mysore Wars] Heritage History<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Mysore_War 3rd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=sntxGUEMdgsC&pg=RA1-PA112&dq=Cannanore+Abercromby+1790&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Cannanore%20Abercromby%201790&f=false Capture of Cannanore] Google Books


== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN-10 8120604469
Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN-10 8120604469
[[Category:Battles|Capture of Cannanore]]
[[Category:Campaign of 1790|Capture of Cannanore]]
[[Category:3rd Mysore War|Capture of Cannanore]]

Revision as of 08:45, 19 September 2009

Capture of Cannanore
Part of 3rd Mysore War
Date: 17 December 1790
Location: Kannur, Kerala
Presidency: Bombay
Co-ordinates: 11.8553°N 75.361618°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Kingdom of Mysore
Commanders
Gen Robert Abercromby
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Mysore Wars Heritage History
Anglo-Mysore Wars Wikipedia
3rd Mysore War Wikipedia
Capture of Cannanore Google Books

Recommended Reading

Malabar Manual by William Logan 1887 ISBN-10 8120604469