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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War Seven Years War] Wikipedia<br> | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years'_War Seven Years War] Wikipedia<br> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Q755yxEVupAC&pg=PA19&dq=Manila+1762+Draper&as_brr=3&ei=HJgpSbz0Jo_2lATJ9qWOBg Attack on Manila] Google Books | [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Q755yxEVupAC&pg=PA19&dq=Manila+1762+Draper&as_brr=3&ei=HJgpSbz0Jo_2lATJ9qWOBg Attack on Manila] Google Books<br /> | ||
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=KsUy8mFNsEMC&pg=PA67&dq=Manila+expedition&hl=en&ei=6McZTdOqBeqShAesrPG2Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Manila%20expedition&f=false The manila Plan is Launched] Google Books | |||
==== Historical books on-line ==== | ==== Historical books on-line ==== | ||
Revision as of 18:02, 28 December 2010
| 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 |
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| Strength | ||
| 1,000 Europeans 2,000 sepoys |
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| Casualties | ||
Expedition Force
Naval squadron
- HMS Norfolk also (74) under Captain Richard Kempenfelt with Rear-Admiral Cornish
- HMS Elizabeth also (70) under Captain Isaac Ourry with Commodore Richard Tiddeman
- HMS Grafton also (70) under Captain Hyde Parker
- HMS Lenox also (74) under Captain Robert Jocelyn
- HMS Falmouth also (50) under Captain William Brereton
- HMS Weymouth (60) under Captain Richard Collins
- HMS America also (60) under Captain Samuel Pichford
- HMS Panther also (60) under acting Captain George Ourry
- HMS Argo also (28) under Captain Richard King
- HMS Sea Horse also (24) under Captain Charles Cathcart Grant
- HMS Seaford (22) under Captain John Peighin
External Links
Seven Years War Wikipedia
Attack on Manila Google Books
The manila Plan is Launched Google Books
Historical books on-line
A History of the British Army Vol II by J W Fortescue 1899 Expedition to Manila