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Capture of the Island of Mannar by the Dutch
| Battle of Mannar | |||||||
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| Part of the Dutch-Portuguese War | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Battle_of_Mannar_1658.png) Depiction of the Battle of Mannar | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Portugal | |||||||
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 Rijckloff van Goens |
Antonio de Amaral de Meneses | ||||||
The Battle of Mannar was a short battle fought between the Dutch and the opposing Portuguese forces on 22 February 1658. This battle, along with the subsequent capture of Jaffna would mark the end of Portuguese Ceylon.[1][2]
- ^ Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ Beumer 1988, p. 93.