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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L6E9AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=Gheriah&as_brr=1&ei=Wcd0SMDNIZ_2iwH8n9mFDA#PPA93,M1 Google Books - Capture of Gheriah]<br>[http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/KOLABA/his_maratha_period.html Maharashtra Gazetteer - Siege of Gheria]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA Google Books - Life of Robert Lord Clive]
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1756_-_British_operation_on_the_Malabar_Coast Wikipedia - British Operations on the Malabar Coast]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L6E9AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA88&dq=Gheriah&as_brr=1&ei=Wcd0SMDNIZ_2iwH8n9mFDA#PPA93,M1 Google Books - Capture of Gheriah]<br>[http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/KOLABA/his_maratha_period.html Maharashtra Gazetteer - Siege of Gheria]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zgE-AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Clive&as_brr=1&ei=UaSYR7nmE6jsiQHbv7TZCA Google Books - Life of Robert Lord Clive]

Revision as of 14:59, 9 July 2008

Battle of Gheriah (Vijayadrug) 1756
Part of Maratha Skirmishes
Date: 13 February 1756
Location: Vijayadurg, Maharashtra
Presidency: Bombay
Co-ordinates: 16.56064°N 73.333976°E
Result: British victory
Combatants
East India Company Marathas
Commanders
Admiral Watson
Col Robert Clive
Tulaji Angria
Strength
Casualties

External Links

Wikipedia - British Operations on the Malabar Coast
Google Books - Capture of Gheriah
Maharashtra Gazetteer - Siege of Gheria
Google Books - Life of Robert Lord Clive