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[[Category:Battles|Kandy, Recapture of]]
[[Category:Battles|Kandy, Recapture of]]
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|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandian_Wars#Second_Kandyan_War_and_the_Kandyan_Convention.2C_1815 2nd Kandyan War]
|date=13 February 1815
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandy Kandy, Sri Lanka]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=7.3063141,80.648371&z=11&t=h&hl=en 7.3063141°N 80.648371°E] 
|result=British occupation
|territory=
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Kingdom of Kandy
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Brownrigg Lieut Gen Sir Robert Brownrigg]
|commander2=
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YyHG9ZKl3bwC&pg=PA158&dq=Kandy+1815&as_brr=3&sig=ACfU3U03cGcOpEv_KjzfRYWjIsdHq6K71A#PPA158,M1 Google Books - Ceylon under British Rule: Kandy Recaptured 1815]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101003718/ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Robert Brownrigg]

Revision as of 11:57, 1 October 2008

Recapture of Kandy
Part of 2nd Kandyan War
Date: 13 February 1815
Location: Kandy, Sri Lanka
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 7.3063141°N 80.648371°E
Result: British occupation
Combatants
East India Company Kingdom of Kandy
Commanders
Lieut Gen Sir Robert Brownrigg
Strength
Casualties


External Links

Google Books - Ceylon under British Rule: Kandy Recaptured 1815
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Robert Brownrigg