contested ground, 3 engagements

Trincomalee: contested ground

The ground around Trincomalee was fought over 3 times between 1782 and 1942: 2 battles and 1 naval action, in 2 different wars. All 3 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

3 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
11 January 1782	Capture of Trincomalee	Trincomalee	Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
25 August 1782	Battle of Trincomalee	Trincomalee	Anglo-French War of 1778–1783
9 April 1942	Air raid on Ceylon

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.