Capture of Cannanore

Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War

Date	17 December 1790
Location	Cannanore
Result	British victory

Belligerents

Great Britain

Sultanate of Mysore

Arakkal Kingdom of Cannanore

Commanders and leaders

Robert Abercromby

Ali Raja Beevi Junumabe Sultana II

Strength

3,000+ British soldiers, 2,000 Nairs

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Zamorin's Palakkad Attack Travancore Lines Calicut Cannanore Tellicherry Tellicherry Siege

The Capture of Cannanore during the Third Anglo-Mysore War took place on 17 December 1790. Forces of the British East India Company, led by General Robert Abercromby, began besieging Cannanore (now known as Kannur), held by troops of Mysore and of the Sultan Ali Raja of Cannanore on 14 December. After gaining control of the high ground commanding the city's main fort, the defenders surrendered. The British victory, along with the taking of Calicut by a separate force a few days earlier, secured their control over the Malabar Coast.

Order of battle

British forces

3,000+ British soldiers of the HM 77th Regiment
1st Bombay Native Infantry
2,000 Nairs

Mysorean forces

5,000+ Mysoreans
Mappilas

References

Annual Register. 1 January 1795.

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