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{{Infobox Military Conflict
| conflict    = Capture of Hooly Honore
| partof      = the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]]
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| date        = 19 &ndash; 21 December 1791
| place       = present-day [[Koodli]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| result      = Maratha-British victory
| combatant1  = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}[[Maratha Empire]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} [[British East India Company]]
| combatant2  = {{flagicon image|Flag of Mysore.svg}} [[Kingdom of Mysore]]
| commander1  = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Maratha Empire.svg}}[[Parshuram Bhau]]<br>{{flagicon image|Flag of the British East India Company (1707).svg}} John Little
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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 Empire]].  The battle was part of a campaign during the [[Third Anglo-Mysore War]] by Maratha leader [[Purseram Bhow]] to recover Maratha territories taken by [[Hyder Ali]] in an earlier conflict between Mysore and the Marathas.

==References==
*Moor, Edward (1794). [https://books.google.com/books?id=tEoOAAAAQAAJ&dq=moor%20mahratta%20tippoo%20sultaun&pg=PA143#v=onepage&q=hooly%20honore&f=false ''A narrative of the operations of captain Little's detachment, and of the Mahratta army''] (a detailed British account of the capture)
*Mill, James. [https://books.google.com/books?id=hlQIAAAAQAAJ&dq=Darwar%20siege%201790&lr=&pg=PA275#v=onepage&q=Darwar%20siege%201790&f=false ''A history of British India'', Volume 5]
*Duff, James Grant. [https://books.google.com/books?id=e_Pc4ZQMoy0C&dq=hurry%20punt&lr=&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q=hurry%20punt&f=false ''A history of the Mahrattas'', Volume 2]

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[[Category:Conflicts in 1791|Hooly Honore]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Kingdom of Mysore|Hooly Honore 1791]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Maratha Empire|Hooly Honore 1791]]
[[Category:Battles involving the British East India Company|Hooly Honore 1791]]
[[Category:Battles of the Third Anglo-Mysore War|Hooly Honore 1791]]
[[Category:Military history of India]]
[[Category:1791 in India]]


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