Capture of Hooly Honore
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Capture of Hooly Honore | |||||||
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Part of the Third Anglo-Mysore War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
British East India Company | Kingdom of Mysore | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Parshuram Bhau John Little | Unknown |
The Capture of Hooly Honore, a town and fortress held by forces of the
British East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy. The battle was part of a campaign during the Third Anglo-Mysore War by Maratha leader Purseram to recover Maratha territories taken by Hyder Ali
in an earlier conflict between Mysore and the Marathas.
References
- Moor, Edward (1794). A narrative of the operations of captain Little's detachment, and of the Mahratta army (a detailed British account of the capture)
- Mill, James. A history of British India, Volume 5
- Duff, James Grant. A history of the Mahrattas, Volume 2