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{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[:Category:1st Kandyan Waragainst Dutch in Ceylon|1st Kandyan Waragainst Dutch in Ceylon]]
|date=3-26 August 1795
|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]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=Dutch
|commander1=[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101023028/ Admiral Peter Rainier]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101026710/ [James Stuart (1741-1815)|Maj -Gen James Stuart]]
|commander2=Maj Fornbauer
|strength1=1,314 European troops<br>1,845 Native troops |strength2= Garrison: 768 all ranks with 92 guns|casualties1= 14 killed and 52 wounded
|casualties2=
}}
'''This was an event during the [[War against Dutch in Ceylon]]'''<br>
== External Links ==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=YyHG9ZKl3bwC&pg=PA11&dq=Ceylon+under+British+Rule+Trincomalee+1795&sig=ACfU3U3JI54PTkXQ0oZIHBNF_m4HBrsqAA Google Books - Ceylon under British Rule: Trincomalee 1795]Google Books<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=kVgz_W_YBqUC&pg=PA315&dq=Trincomalee+1795&as_brr=3&ei=UuyRSOTOOJfEigGUupX9DQ#PPA315,M1 Siege of Trincomalee] Google Books - Siege of <br>[http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/coins/collection/watson/page61.html Ceylon Medal] www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk<br>[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/trincomalee_harbour.jpg TrincomaleeMap]www.lib.utexas.edu
[[Category:Battles|Trincomalee, Siege of]]
[[Category:French Revolutionary WarsWar against Dutch in Ceylon|Trincomalee, Siege of]]
