Campaign of Danture
The Danture campaign comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. It is considered a turning point in the indigenous resistance to Portuguese expansion. For the first time in Sri Lanka a Portuguese army was completely annihilated, when they were just a fraction away from the total conquest of the island. A 20,000-strong Portuguese army, led by Governor Pedro Lopes de Sousa, invaded Kandy on 5 July 1594. After three months, severely depleted by guerilla warfare and mass desertions, what remained of the Portuguese army was completely annihilated at Danture by the Kandyans under King Vimaladharmasuriya. With this victory, the Kingdom of Kandy emerged as a major military power; it was to retain its independence
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Campaign of Danture
The Danture campaign comprised a series of encounters between the Portuguese and the Kingdom of Kandy in 1594, part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese War. It is considered a turning point in the indigenous resistance to Portuguese expansion. For the first time in Sri Lanka a Portuguese army was completely annihilated, when they were just a fraction away from the total conquest of the island. A 20,000-strong Portuguese army, led by Governor Pedro Lopes de Sousa, invaded Kandy on 5 July 1594. After three months, severely depleted by guerilla warfare and mass desertions, what remained of the Portuguese army was completely annihilated at Danture by the Kandyans under King Vimaladharmasuriya. With this victory, the Kingdom of Kandy emerged as a major military power; it was to retain its independence
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La campagne de Danture est une ...... , néerlandais et britanniques.
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The Danture campaign comprised ...... se, Dutch, and British armies.
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93 Portuguese were captured;
A handful of Portuguese and lascarins escaped back to Colombo;
the majority of the Lascarins deserted;
the rest of the army were killed
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*Lascarins(local soldiers on the Portuguese side)
20pxKingdom of Kandy
border|22pxPortuguese Empire
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date
1594-07-05
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Decisive Kandyan victory
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*1000 Portuguese (estimates range from 800 to 1474)
*15,400Lascarins
*368 Portuguese
*47 war elephants
*a few Lascarins
*an unknown number ofBadagamercenaries andcoolies
10,000 men
10,000–20,000 men (estimates range up to 40,000)
By 8 October 1594
On 5 July 1594
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the Sinhalese–Portuguese War
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La campagne de Danture est une ...... majeure : il a réussi à reste
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The Danture campaign comprised ...... as to retain its independence
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Campagne de Danture
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Campaign of Danture
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