The First Kandyan War: A Narrative & History of the British Conquest of Ceylon-Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Expedition T - Hardcoverby Arthur Johnston (Author), William Knighton (Author) The battle for Ceylon During the first decade of the 19th century the struggle for imperial domination still raged across the globe. Britain and France were at war as the tide that swept away the Bourbon monarchy in bloody revolution gained momentum under the genius of Napoleon Bonaparte and was felt from Europe to the East and West Indies. Britain in dominating the Indian sub continent was in