Battle of Colaba
| Battle of Colaba | ||
|---|---|---|
| Part of Maratha Skirmishes | ||
| Date: | 13 December 1721 | |
| Location: | Colaba Fort, Alibag, Maharashtra Gazetteer | |
| Presidency: | Bombay | |
| Co-ordinates: | 18.657346°N 72.878297°E | |
| Result: | British & Portuguese defeat | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company and Portuguese | Marathas | |
| Commanders | ||
| Commodore Thomas Matthews | Kanhoji Angre | |
| Strength | ||
| Casualties | ||
English Force
- 655 Europeans and Topasses
- One troop of 40 Horsemen
- 1514 Sepoys
- 200 Seamen
- Two 24-pounders
- Two 18-pounders
- Four 9-pounders
- Six small field guns
- Two mortars
- Eight Coehorns
Portuguese Force
- 1000 Europeans
- 160 Horsemen
- 350 Volunteers
- 2400 Sepoys
- Six 24-pounders
- Six 18-pounders
- Ten Field pieces
- Eight Mortars
External links
- To Stand Against The Company: A Study Of The British Honourable East India Company And Piracy In The Indian Ocean World, Circa 1680-1760 by John Ridge 2017 Master of Arts thesis Murray State University Kentucky USA. Abstract, Pdf link.
Historical books online
- A Compendious History of the Indian Wars: With an Account of...Angria the Pyrate. Also the Transactions of a Squadron of Men of War Under Commodore Matthews, Sent to the East-Indies to Suppress the Pyrates. To which is Annex'd, an Additional History of the Wars Between the Great Mogul, Angria, and His Allies. With an Account of the Life and Actions of John Plantain, a Notorious Pyrate at Madagascar... by Clement Downing 1737.
- File 1 Google Books; Archive.org mirror version; File 2 Google Books. An account from 1715.
- The Pirates of Malabar and an English Woman in India by Col John Biddulph 1907 Archive.org.