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|date=19 January 1839 | |date=19 January 1839 | ||
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden Aden, Yemen] | |location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aden Aden, Yemen] | ||
| − | |presidency=Bombay | + | |presidency=[[Bombay]] |
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.777855,45.014681&z=12&t=h&hl=en 12.772440°N 45.039271°°E] | |co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=12.777855,45.014681&z=12&t=h&hl=en 12.772440°N 45.039271°°E] | ||
|result=British occupation | |result=British occupation | ||
|territory=Ceded by Sultan Muhsin bin Fadl of Lahej | |territory=Ceded by Sultan Muhsin bin Fadl of Lahej | ||
| − | |combatant1=East India Company | + | |combatant1=[[East India Company]] |
|combatant2= | |combatant2= | ||
|commander1=Maj. T. M. Baillie 24th B.I.<br>Captain S.B.Haines Indian Marine | |commander1=Maj. T. M. Baillie 24th B.I.<br>Captain S.B.Haines Indian Marine | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 16 January 2008
| Seizure of Aden 1839 | ||
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| Part of | ||
| Date: | 19 January 1839 | |
| Location: | Aden, Yemen | |
| Presidency: | Bombay | |
| Co-ordinates: | 12.772440°N 45.039271°°E | |
| Result: | British occupation | |
| Combatants | ||
| East India Company | ||
| Commanders | ||
| Maj. T. M. Baillie 24th B.I. Captain S.B.Haines Indian Marine |
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| Strength | ||
| 800 troops | ||
| Casualties | ||
| 15 killed & wounded | About 100 | |
