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== Expedition Force ==
== Expedition Force ==
'''Naval squadron'''
'''Naval squadron'''
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Norfolk_(1757) HMS Norfolk] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Norfolk_%2874%29 also] (74) under Captain Richard Kempenfelt with RearAdmiral Cornish
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Norfolk_(1757) HMS Norfolk] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Norfolk_%2874%29 also] (74) under Captain Richard Kempenfelt with Rear-Admiral Cornish
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Elizabeth_(1706) HMS Elizabeth] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Elizabeth_%2864%29 also] (70) under Captain Isaac Ourry with Commodore Tiddeman
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Elizabeth_(1706) HMS Elizabeth] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Elizabeth_%2864%29 also] (70) under Captain Isaac Ourry with Commodore Tiddeman
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grafton_(1750) HMS Grafton] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Grafton_%2870%29 also] (70) under Captain Hyde Parker
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grafton_(1750) HMS Grafton] [http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=Grafton_%2870%29 also] (70) under Captain Hyde Parker

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Manila Expedition
Part of Seven Years War
Date: 24 September-6 October 1762
Location: Manila, Philppines
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 14.582388°N 120.96096°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Spanish
Commanders
Rear-Admiral Samuel Cornish
Col William Draper
Strength
1,000 Europeans
2,000 sepoys
Casualties

Expedition Force

Naval squadron

External Links

Seven Years War Wikipedia
Attack on Manila Google Books

Historical books on-line

A History of the British Army Vol II by J W Fortescue 1899 Expedition to Manila