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|commander2=Admiral | |commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_André_de_Suffren_de_Saint_Tropez Admiral Andre de Suffren] | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA399&dq=Trincomalee&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ&q=&vq=&hl=en#PPA399,M1 Google Books - Capture of Trincomalee] | [http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/suffren.htm Suffren's East India Campaign]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA399&dq=Trincomalee&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ&q=&vq=&hl=en#PPA399,M1 Google Books - Capture of Trincomalee] | ||
Revision as of 12:42, 21 January 2009
| Loss of Trincomalee Aug 1782 | ||
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| Part of American War of Independence | ||
| Date: | 31 August 1782 | |
| Location: | Fort Fredrick,Trincomalee, Ceylon | |
| Presidency: | Madras | |
| Co-ordinates: | 8.5766°N 81.2309°E | |
| Result: | French victory | |
| Combatants | ||
| British | French | |
| Commanders | ||
| Admiral Sir Edward Hughes | Admiral Andre de Suffren | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
External Links
Suffren's East India Campaign
Google Books - Capture of Trincomalee