The Attack at Periah Pass was a military engagement on 18 March 1797 during the Cotiote War, in which forces of the Kingdom of Kottayam under Pazhassi Raja ambushed and defeated a column of the East India Company at Periah Pass in Wayanad, Kerala. The action resulted in heavy casualties for the Company, including the deaths of several officers, and the capture of baggage and artillery by the rebels.
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