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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[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]
[http://xenophongroup.com/mcjoynt/suffren.htm Suffren's East India Campaign] xenophongroup.com<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OHcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA399&dq=Trincomalee&as_brr=3&ei=tJzGSKbsK6WijgH9zO3sDQ&q=&vq=&hl=en#PPA399,M1 Capture of Trincomalee] Google Books
 
[[Category:Battles|Trincomalee, Loss of]]
[[Category:East Indies Campaign|Trincomalee, Loss of]]

Revision as of 18:52, 14 December 2009

Loss of Trincomalee Aug 1782
Part of East Indies Campaign
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 xenophongroup.com
Capture of Trincomalee Google Books