Siege of Colombo (1587–1588)
| Siege of Colombo (1587–1588) | |||||||
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| Part of the Sinhalese–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||
The Portuguese fortress in Colombo | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kingdom of Portugal | Kingdom of Sitawaka | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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João Correia de Brito Tomé de Sousa Arronches | Rajasinha I of Sitawaka | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Start of the siege: 300 Portuguese soldiers 700 Lascarins 1 galley, 5 fustas End of the siege: 2,000 soldiers |
50,000 soldiers 2,200 elephants 60,000 servants | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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24 soldiers 80 lascarins 500 civilians | 5,000 men | ||||||
The siege of Colombo from 1587 to 1588 was a military conflict between the Portuguese and the Sinhalese troops of the King of Sitawaka, for possession of the city of Colombo, on the island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka.