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|combatant1=British Naval Expedition
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Abercromby_(British_Army_officer) Maj Gen John AbercrombieAbercromby]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101002272/ Vice-Admiral Sir Albemarle Bertie]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O'Bryen_Drury Vice-Admiral William O'Bryen Drury ]
|commander2=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mathieu_Isidore_Decaen General Charles Decaen]
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== Expedition Force ==
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/2/mode/2up Maj Gen John Abercrombie] commanding<br>
'''First Brigade'''<br>
''Lt-Col Picton, 12th Foot''
*Right wing [[40th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry|Madras Volunteer Battalion]]<br>
'''Second Brigade'''<br>
''[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/164/mode/1up Lt-Col Samuel Gibbs], 59th Foot''
*[[59th Regiment of Foot|HM 59th Regiment]]
*[[89th Regiment of Foot|HM 89th Regiment]] (300)
*Flank Coy [[84th Punjab Regiment|12th Madras Native Infantry]]<br>
'''Fifth Brigade'''<br>
''[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/394/mode/2up Lt-Col Lionel Smith], 65th Foot''
*One troop [[25th Light Dragoons|HM 25th Dragoons]]
*[[65th Regiment of Foot|HM 65th Regiment]]
