Regional1782

Battle of Trincomalee

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Sri Lanka

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Trincomalee (1782), part of the War of the American Revolution. United Kingdom defeated France.

Belligerents2

United Kingdom
France

ON THE MAPBritish Empire (1763)Kingdom of France

Conflict graph

PART OFAmerican Revolutionary War

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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Cite as: Battle of Trincomalee (1782). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-trincomalee-1782 · Sources & methodology