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|partof=[|partof=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War#India_and_the_Netherlands American War of  Independence]
|date=31 August 1782
|location= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Sri_Lanka#Fort_Fredrick Fort Fredrick],[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trincomalee Trincomalee], [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/ceylon.htm Ceylon]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=8.5766,81.2309&z=16&t=h&hl=enapprox 8.5766°N 81.2309°E] 
|result=French victory
|territory=
|combatant1=Dutch
|combatant2=French
|commander1=
|commander2=Admiral Suffrein
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1=
|casualties2=
}}
== External Links ==
<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]

Revision as of 12:29, 21 January 2009

Loss of Trincomalee Aug 1782
Part of American War of Independence
Date: 31 August 1782
Location: Fort Fredrick,Trincomalee, Ceylon
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 8.5766°N 81.2309°E
Result: French victory
Combatants
Dutch French
Commanders
Admiral Suffrein
Strength
Casualties

External Links


Google Books - Capture of Trincomalee