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Are you sure that was a naval battle? Reading Wikipedia (“The Mukkuvars Played a major role in defeating the Dutch East India company entering into colachal po
by Someone 4y ago
Are you sure that was a naval battle?
Reading Wikipedia (“The Mukkuvars Played a major role in defeating the Dutch East India company entering into colachal port”, “As the Dutch approached the shore, the Travancore army had made a retreat, and the locals fled the area. It was not enough for the Dutch to bombard a place and then barge in. To continue the war they required fortifications, trenches, and make-shift sheds and storerooms.”, “On 5 August, a cannonball fired by the Travancore army fell into a barrel of gunpowder inside the Dutch garrison”), it looks like a failed invasion.
- umeshunni 4y agoYeah - most sources (e.g. https://books.google.com/books?id=oNekDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT183#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=oNekDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT183#v=on...) state it simply as a battle and the victory as a 'decisive victory' rather than a 'naval victory'.