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== Summary ==
Nobles intriguing against the Kandyan king appealed to the British who invaded, deposed the monarch and caused the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandyan_Convention Kandyan Convention] to be signed. This effectually handed sovereignty to the British Crown.
== British Forces ==
'''Colombo Contingent'''
*1st Division: [[2nd Ceylon Regiment]] under Major Hook
*2nd (Reserve) Division: [[73rd Regiment of Foot]] under Lt-Col O'Connell<br />
'''Galle Contingent'''
*3rd Division: [[4th Ceylon Regiment]] under Major Kelly
*4th (Reserve) Division: [[4th Ceylon Regiment]] under Col Murray<br />
'''Trincomalee Contingent'''
*5th Division: [[3rd Ceylon Regiment]] under Major M'Kay
*6th (Reserve) Division: [[19th Regiment of Foot]] under Lt-Col Rainsford<br />
'''Batticaloa Contingent'''
*7th Division: [[19th Regiment of Foot]] under Capt Anderson<br />
'''Negombo Contingent'''
*8th Division: [[1st Ceylon Regiment]] under Capt De Busche
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandian_Wars 2nd Kandian War 1815] Wikipedia
==== Historical books on-line ====
"Ceylon, a general description of the island and its inhabitants; with an historical sketch of the conquest of the colony by the English" by Henry Marshall 1846 - [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9Pg9AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA142&dq=Major+Adam+Davie&hl=en&ei=eIcbTdjgNYPMhAexr_W2Dg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false English Period 1815] Google Books<br />
[[Category:Wars and Campaigns|Kandyan War, 2nd]]
[[Category:2nd Kandyan War| 2nd Kandyan War]]
