- to the king of
Kotte became Lascarins and
continued to hold
ranks such as Mudali, Muhandiram,
Arachchi or Kankani.
Lascarins were
crucial for the occupying...
- derived, is not
recorded in English. The
Portuguese adapted the term to "
lascarins",
meaning Asian militiamen or seamen, from any area east of the Cape of...
- On the
third day, they sent a
detachment of
Lascarins to find the way back to the camp. The
Lascarins surprised a
group of Kandyans, whom they killed;...
-
guerilla warfare and
further Lascarin desertions reduced their forces to
about 360
Portuguese and an
equal number of
Lascarins by the time they
reached Danture...
- and 200
Lascarins at the "p**** of Ambolao",
another 40
Portuguese and 400
Lascarins at the "p**** of Mosquitos" and 80
Portuguese and 800
Lascarins manned...
-
Colombo square was João
Correia de Brito, who only had 300
soldiers and 700
lascarins, in
addition to a
civilian po****tion of
around 60.000 that
needed to...
- the
Lascarins executed, on su****ion of
being in
collusion with Vimaladharmasurya. This
execution led to the
immediate m****
desertion of the
Lascarin auxiliaries...
-
Mulleriyawa Satana a
significant number of
Portuguese and
several thousand Lascarins were killed, and the
invading force routed. The
victory was a huge psychological...
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Portuguese Languages Sri
Lankan Portuguese creole Sinhala words...
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Sinhalese army at once
attacked the
Lascarins carrying provisions and
separated them from the main force. The
Lascarins abandoned the
provisions in order...
