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|partof= [[:Category:3rd Carnatic War|3rd Carnatic War]]<br>[[Seven Years War]]
|date=12-25 May 1757
|location=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiruchirapalli Tiruchirapalli[Trichinopoly]], Tamil Nadu]
|presidency=[[Madras]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=10.833284,78.697513&z=13&t=h&hl=en 10.833284°N 78.697513°E]
|combatant1=[[East India Company]]
|combatant2=French
|commander1=[[Joseph Smith|Captain Joseph Smith]]<br>[http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101004334/ [John Caillaud|Captain John Caillaud]]
|commander2=M. d'Auteuil
|strength1=Garrison:160 Europeans, 700 sepoys & 1,000 native auxiliaries<br>Relief force: 120 Europeans & 1,200 sepoys
[[Image:Trichinopoly_1753.jpg|320px|thumb|315px|Trichinopoly 1753]]
'''This was an event during the [[3rd Carnatic War]]'''<br>
== Summary ==
The French sent a force against Trichinopoly while Captain Caillaud was on an expedition to Madurai. Captain Smith managed to hold off attacks until Caillaud returned. The French retreated to Pondicherry.
== Biographies ==
Entries in the Dictionary of Indian Biography 1906<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/65/mode/1up John Caillaud (1724-1812)]<br>
[http://www.archive.org/stream/dictionaryofindi00buckuoft#page/394/mode/1up/search/Smith Joseph Smith (1733173?-1790)]<br>
== External Link ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnatic_Wars 3rd Carnatic War] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/wars_sevenyears.html Seven Years War] History of War Website<br>
[http://www.kronoskaf.com/syw/index.php?title=1757_-_Operations_in_Carnatic#French_failure_in_front_of_Trichinopoly French failure at Trichinopoly] www.kronoskaf.com
== Historical books on-line ==
''History of the French in India: from the founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the capture of that palce place in 1761'' by Major G B Malleson 1868 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vAxX68LiNMkC&pg=PA444&dq=History+of+the+French+in+India+It+turned+out+as+de+Leyrit+had+imagined.&cd=1#v=onepage&q&f=false Action around Trichinopoly]<br>
[[Category:Battles|Trichinopoly 1758, Battle of]]
[[Category:3rd Carnatic War|Trichinopoly 1758, Battle of]]
