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[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Cuddalore, Loss of]]
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|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]<br>and <br>[[East Indies Campaign]]
|partof=[[2nd Mysore War]]<br>and <br>[[East Indies Campaign]]
|date=1781
|date=4 April 1782
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuddalore Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu]
|location= [[Cuddalore]], Tamil Nadu
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|presidency=[[Madras]]  
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.761859,79.783826&z=13&t=h&hl=en 11.745571°N 79.825421°E]   
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=11.761859,79.783826&z=13&t=h&hl=en 11.745571°N 79.825421°E]   
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|combatant1=British  
|combatant1=British  
|combatant2=French
|combatant2=French
|commander1=
|commander1=Capt James Hughes
|commander2=
|commander2=
|strength1=  
|strength1= 700
|strength2=  
|strength2=  
|casualties1=   
|casualties1=   
|casualties2=  
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}}
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'''This was an event during the [[2nd Mysore War]] and the [[East Indies Campaign]]'''<br>
== Garrison ==
*Six coys [[72nd Punjab Regiment|12th Carnatic Battalion]] (562 men)
*100 Topasses
*25 Europeans
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars Anglo-Mysore Wars] Wikipedia<br>
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Mysore_War 2nd Mysore War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-FgoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA16&dq=Cuddalore&as_brr=3&cd=9#v=onepage&q&f=false Capture of Cuddalore] Google Books<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gzWOnpDYrkgC&pg=PA474&dq=A+History+of+the+British+Army+-+Volume+III+The+garrison,+Which+consisted+of+about+six+hundred+troops&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Surrender of Cuddalore] Google Books


[[Category:Battles|Cuddalore, Loss of]]
[[Category:Battles|Cuddalore, Loss of]]
[[Category:East Indies Campaign|Cuddalore, Loss of]]
[[Category:East Indies Campaign|Cuddalore, Loss of]]
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Cuddalore, Loss of]]
[[Category:2nd Mysore War|Cuddalore, Loss of]]

Latest revision as of 17:39, 15 November 2010

Loss of Cuddalore
Part of 2nd Mysore War
and
East Indies Campaign
Date: 4 April 1782
Location: Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu
Presidency: Madras
Co-ordinates: 11.745571°N 79.825421°E
Result: Lost to French
Combatants
British French
Commanders
Capt James Hughes
Strength
700
Casualties

This was an event during the 2nd Mysore War and the East Indies Campaign

Garrison


External Links

Anglo-Mysore Wars Wikipedia
2nd Mysore War Wikipedia
Capture of Cuddalore Google Books
Surrender of Cuddalore Google Books