Regional1818

Battle of Kandy

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Sri Lanka

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Kandy (1818), part of the 3rd British-Kandyan War. United Kingdom defeated Kingdom of Kandy. Battle followed by a massacre.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
Kingdom of Kandy

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1815)

Conflict graph

PART OFKandyan Wars

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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