Capture of Hooly Honore explained

Conflict:Capture of Hooly Honore
Partof:the Third Anglo-Mysore War
Date:19  - 21 December 1791
Place:present-day Koodli, Karnataka, India
Result:Maratha-British victory
Combatant1:
British East India Company
Combatant2: Kingdom of Mysore
Commander1:Parshuram Bhou
John Little
Commander2:Unknown

The Capture of Hooly Honore, a town and fortress held by forces of the Kingdom of Mysore, occurred on 21 December 1791, after two days of siege by combined 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.

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